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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks off the Senate floor after speaking, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 at the Capitol in Washington. McConnell says he'll step down as Senate Republican leader in November.
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McConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November after a record run in the job

Associated Press February 28, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the...

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FILE - Former Detroit police chief James Craig.
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Detroit Evening Report: Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig drops bid for U.S. Senate seat

Jerome Vaughn February 14, 2024

Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig is suspending his Republican bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan — just...

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FILE - United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Sept. 2, 2019.
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Tensions rise during Senate hearing with union leaders as UAW voting continues

Russ McNamara November 15, 2023

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and other labor leaders were invited to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and...

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Former Republican Congressman Peter Meijer announced Monday that he will run for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Detroit Today: Trump critic Peter Meijer enters Michigan’s US Senate race

Detroit Today November 7, 2023

Former Michigan Congressman Peter Meijer — who served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives before losing a Republican...

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Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., speaks at the Vision '24 conference' on March 18, 2023, in North Charleston, S.C.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Detroit Today: Mike Rogers makes his case for U.S. Senate

Detroit Today November 7, 2023

Former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers is running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan long held by Democrats. An...

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Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at age 90

Associated Press September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992...

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Hill Harper
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Detroit Today: Actor Hill Harper explains why he wants his next role to be a real US Senator

Detroit Today July 12, 2023

Actor and entrepreneur Hill Harper announced earlier this week that he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat that...

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Actor Hill Harper speaking at an event in Detroit, Mich. on July 11, 2023, launching his Democratic party nomination bid for U.S. Senate.
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Hill Harper launches US Senate bid with event at Detroit’s Cadillac Square

Alex McLenon July 12, 2023

Hill Harper, an actor best known for roles in hit TV shows such as “CSI: NY” and “The Good Doctor,”...

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Pamela Pugh
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Michigan Board of Education president launches campaign for US Senate

Associated Press May 24, 2023

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Pamela Pugh, the president of Michigan’s Board of Education, announced Tuesday that she will seek the...

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Computer chip
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Senate passes bi-partisan bill to battle chip shortage, moves to House (Updated)

Quinn Klinefelter July 28, 2022

Update 7/28/22: The House passed the CHIPS and Science Act by a decisive margin of 243-187 on Thursday, reports the...

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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow at Mackinac Policy Conference in 2019.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson

Stabenow reacts to Biden’s renewed call for voting rights and changing the filibuster

Detroit Today January 13, 2022

President Joe Biden is doubling down on his push to expand and protect voting rights across the country. In fact,...

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