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‘I don’t give a shit about Iran. I don’t want to pay higher gas’: Motor City motorists feel pinch as gas prices surge

Drivers in Detroit are unhappy with the spike in gas prices, even if reactions are mixed to the US-Israel war on Iran

The Guardian - US

At least eight people dead after spate of tornadoes across central US

Eighteen tornadoes between Thursday and Saturday resulted in deaths in towns from Michigan to Oklahoma

The Guardian - US

After years of legal wrangling, Enbridge begins rerouting pipeline around Wisconsin reservation

After years of legal wrangling, energy company Enbridge has finally started rerouting an aging oil pipeline around a tribal reservation in northern Wisconsin

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Retail group says it’s time for Michigan to ditch ‘Bottle Bill’ recycling program

The system, where consumers get a dime for every bottle or can they return, hasn’t been updated for decades - but it’s baked into the state’s constitution so will be difficult to change

The Independent UK

Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedure

What began as a straightforward question from one water-quality advocate has morphed into a high-stakes battle over an oil pipeline at the highest levels of the U.S. government – with implications that go far beyond the fate of a technical legal conflict.

The Conversation

Trump bizarrely claims China will ‘terminate all ice hockey in Canada’ in threat to block new border bridge

The president accused Canada’s new Gordie Howe International Bridge of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ for America — despite having endorsed it in his first term

The Independent UK

At the Races: Ready for Madam President?

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including campaign announcements and redistricting.

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‘A perfect, wild storm’: widely loathed datacenters see little US political opposition

Issue dubbed ‘great unifier’ but Republicans and Democrats are instead jockeying for big tech’s financial favor

The Guardian - US

Michigan loophole makes it difficult to track utilities’ donations to politicians

Revelation comes as a first-in-the-nation citizen’s ballot initiative to ban donations by utilities picks up steam

The Guardian - US

Democrats' divide over AI frames a debate for 2028

Two main arguments on AI are now playing out within the Democratic Party.

Axios

‘Uniquely evil’: Michigan residents fight against huge datacenter backed by top tycoons

Locals band together in David v Goliath fight against facility they say would jack up bills, increase pollution and destroy area’s character

The Guardian - US

Federal judge blocks Whitmer from shutting down submerged Great Lakes pipeline

A federal judge has blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from revoking an easement that allows Enbridge to run an oil pipeline through a Great Lakes channel

The Independent UK

Michigan's Governor Just Revealed A $27 Billion Pension Problem—And 87% Of CEOs Think the Economy Will Only Get Worse

Laying bare the structural challenges facing Michigan's economy – from a massive unfunded pension liability to rising CEO pessimism over the state's manufacturing future – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sat down for an unusually transparent financial review on YouTuber Caleb Hammer's "Financial Audit" show on Nov. 3.

Benzinga

Ambivalence or Strategy? Whitmer retreats from 2028 spotlight

Whitmer, who many Democrats have seen as a top-tier presidential candidate, appears to have done little to raise her national profile since last spring.

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The Independent UK

US Army Corps of Engineers approves Enbridge plan to encase aging Great Lakes oil pipeline

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved energy company Enbridge's plan to encase a segment of an aging oil pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel

Fortune

Ford CEO says America is ‘far behind’ rivals like China on blue-collar industry. ‘It is pretty humbling when you look at where we are’

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, speaking at Ford’s event on Tuesday, warned that she’s “very sober” about the stakes: “China will dominate.”

The Independent UK

First victim named in Michigan church shooting was a devoted grandfather and Navy veteran

Five victims suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds during the attack in Grand Blanc Township, about 50 miles north of Detroit

Benzinga

Trump Calls Michigan Church Shooting, Blaze 'Horrendous' As Four Dead, Eight Injured, Vance Says It Is An 'Awful Situation'

A gunman drove his truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during Sunday services, opening fire on worshippers before setting the building on fire, leaving four dead and eight others injured, officials said.

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‘Evil is alive’: Mass shooting at Michigan Mormon church leaves four dead and shakes faith communities across the US

Authorities believe the gunman, Thomas Jacob Sanford, deliberately started the fire after crashing truck into the church

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Identity Revealed Of Attacker Who Took Two Lives And Torched Michigan Mormon Church

“THIS EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY MUST END, IMMEDIATELY!”

The Independent UK

Trump DOJ argues Michigan effort to shut down underwater pipeline interferes with US foreign policy

The Trump administration is trying to persuade a federal judge that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's attempt to shut down part of an aging pipeline interferes with U.S. foreign policy

The Guardian - US

Michigan’s governor replaces clean energy advocate on utilities board with ‘industry ally’

Critics say Gretchen Whitmer deposed Alessandra Carreon at the behest of state energy supplier DTE Energy

Benzinga

2028 Election Odds Out From Polymarket: Vance Tops List At 27%, Trump Has 5%, Here's What Voters Say In New Poll

President Donald Trump has been in office for nearly six months of a four-year term. While Trump has more than three years left, prediction markets and polls for the 2028 presidential election are already heating up.

The Independent UK

Whitmer says 'massive economic uncertainty' is to blame on semiconductor project failure in Michigan

A widely anticipated potential semiconductor project that would have brought a new plant to Michigan has fallen through and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is blaming economic uncertainty

The Conversation

Invasive carp threaten the Great Lakes − and reveal a surprising twist in national politics

In his second term, President Donald Trump has not taken many actions that draw near-universal praise from across the political spectrum. But there is at least one of these political anomalies, and it illustrates the broad appeal of environmental protection and conservation projects – particularly when it concerns an ecosystem…

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