NATIONAL POLITICS

We asked Michigan’s US Senate candidates about data centers and AI. Here’s what they said—in their own words.

One vote in the Republican-controlled US Senate is putting hundreds of thousands of Michiganders on track to pay more for health care—or lose it altogether.

The Trump administration has once again extended the life of a Michigan coal-fired power plant that was supposed to close last May as the utility Consumers Energy transitions to cleaner sources of electricity.

The nationwide “We Ain’t Buyin’ It” campaign is asking Americans to boycott Amazon, Home Depot, and Target for five days—from Thanksgiving through Dec. 1. 

A new state analysis details widespread cost increases tied to tariffs, as Michigan voters report feeling the strain in their grocery bills, housing budgets, and daily expenses.

The sex-offending financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to communications released Wednesday, but the White House quickly accused Democrats of selectively leaking the emails to smear the president.

About 1.4 million Michiganders are feeling the pinch as the federal government shutdown stalls SNAP benefits and leaves food banks scrambling to fill the gap.

US Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) called a new policy enacted by President Donald Trump “unprecedented” and “straight out of an authoritarian playbook, where the President gets to play judge, jury and executioner.”

About 200,000 Michiganders rely on WIC for food, formula, and health care support. Now, the Trump administration is leaving families guessing how long those benefits will last.

Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist is staking out new territory for establishment Michigan Democrats in his campaign for governor, offering his support for Palestinians facing hunger and strife in the Israel-Hamas war and plainly calling the situation in Gaza a genocide.