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FILE - A view of the TikTok app logo, in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 28, 2020.
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The Metro: Potential US TikTok ban weighs national security against free speech

The Metro, David Leins, Trevor McConico, Lauren Myers January 15, 2025

The social media platform TikTok could be banned in the U.S. as early as this week if the Supreme Court...

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Sen. Gary Peters (D-Michigan) at the Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island.
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Democratic US Sen. Gary Peters says he’s already working with former campaign foes

Quinn Klinefelter January 14, 2025

Many members of Congress are now working with colleagues they tried to help defeat in the recent election.That includes Michigan’s...

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., celebrates as the Senate begins voting on the government funding bill just in time to meet the midnight deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024.
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Government funding bill clears Congress and heads to President Biden, averting a shutdown

Associated Press December 21, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would...

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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with President Joe Biden during a bilateral meeting, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Lima, Peru.
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Michigan Congressman John Moolenaar says U.S. House won’t change approach to China under Trump

Quinn Klinefelter November 22, 2024

A Michigan Congressman is proposing legislation to end normal trade relations with China.U.S Rep. John Moolenaar chairs the House Select...

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U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for an affordable housing project in Ferndale, Mich. on Aug. 23, 2023.
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Rep. Haley Stevens talks 11th District win, election outcome

Alex McLenon November 11, 2024

Democrat Haley Stevens will continue representing Michigan’s 11th Congressional District in Congress for the next two years. The incumbent candidate...

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Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Rep. Elissa Slotkin speaks during an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Detroit.
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Democrat Elissa Slotkin wins Michigan’s open Senate seat, defeating the GOP’s Mike Rogers

Associated Press November 6, 2024

Loading...DETROIT (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin has won Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, giving Democrats a bittersweet victory...

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Carl Marlinga, John James
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Michigan’s 10th Congressional race is a rematch of nation’s third-closest election

Quinn Klinefelter November 2, 2024

In 2022, the election in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District — which includes southern Macomb County, Rochester and Rochester Hills —...

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This combination photo of Michigan Senate candidates shows Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., in Detroit, Aug. 6, 2024, left, and former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., Aug. 6, 2024, in Lake Orion, Mich.
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Michigan Senate candidates have similar backgrounds, different agendas

Russ McNamara October 23, 2024

Coming into 2024, Democrats already had an uphill climb in their attempt to keep control of the U.S. Senate. A...

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U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly), the Democratic candidate for the open Michigan U.S. Senate seat, left, and former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate vying for the seat, debate the issues Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, with moderators Alicia Smith, Chuck Stokes and Carolyn Clifford of WXYZ-TV in Southfield.
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Created Equal: Reactions to this week’s Michigan US Senate debate

Sasha Bacon October 16, 2024

The two major-party candidates for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat faced off in a substantive, sometimes combative debate hosted by...

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This combination photo of Michigan Senate candidates shows Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., in Detroit, Aug. 6, 2024, left, and former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., Aug. 6, 2024, in Lake Orion, Mich.
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Rogers, Slotkin face off in final debate before election

Rick Pluta October 14, 2024

Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin faced off tonight against former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers in Michigan’s final scheduled U.S. Senate debate...

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Democratic Incumbent U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell will face Republican challenger Heather Smiley in November for Michigan's 6th Congressional District seat.
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Debbie Dingell, Heather Smiley facing off in Michigan’s 6th Congressional District

Nargis Rahman October 8, 2024

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell is running for reelection in Michigan's 6th Congressional District.The Democratic incumbent currently serves on the House...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
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Netanyahu vows to achieve ‘total victory’ in Gaza, calls opponents ‘idiots’ in speech to Congress

Russ McNamara, Associated Press July 25, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in a scathing speech to Congress on Wednesday to achieve “total victory” against Hamas...

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