4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1058+ words) Congress isn’t quite yet celebrating its 250th anniversary — the House and Senate as they are recognized today first convened in 1789 — but from the start it has provided an enduring, if imperfect, forum in the country’s pursuit of a more perfect union....

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (321+ words) The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on additional elements of Iran’s aviation industry, targeting more than two dozen commercial and private airlines as well as foreign cargo service providers in its new push to isolate Tehran from its remaining…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (564+ words) By Katherine Dailey, Michigan Advance In the wake of a deadlocked decision by the Board of State Canvassers that would leave a controversial citizens-only voting measure off the November ballot, state officials have responded to a petition to the U.S. Supreme…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (729+ words) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study to determine flood mitigation strategies for Southeast Michigan will no longer deliver a formal report to Congress after the federal government cut the project’s budget and timeline in half. The new project scope is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (944+ words) This year’s midterm elections will turn on many issues. The Iran war, tariffs, inflation. Immigration, taxes, health care. But there is another, potentially potent undercurrent in several key races that could determine control of Congress — what makes a real man?...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (796+ words) Independent experts say the conflict is a symptom of a social and political debate over how to frame a national surge in measles cases, the worst seen in more than three decades. Pennsylvania officials this week reported that two unvaccinated…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1098+ words) By Ashley Murray, Michigan Advance An excalating trade war with Canada could bite Republicans ahead of the upcoming midterm elections as voters worry about rising prices and industries in states with competitive races could suffer. Maine’s lobster industry dodged what…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (684+ words) President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (823+ words) By MEG KINNARD and JEFFREY COLLINS Graham defeated U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman in Tuesday’s special Republican primary runoff, two weeks after they were the top two finishers in a 10-way primary. Graham got emotional while addressing her supporters Tuesday night, saying…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) A second witness to a fatal shooting in Houston by a federal immigration agent has been ordered released from custody after more than a month in detention. Daniel Tirado Pantoja was one of three passengers riding in a work van…...