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Trump set to return to Michigan, looks to energize his base for November

DETROIT — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to Michigan Saturday with Republicans in the state hoping he can motivate his base of supporters and help secure Macomb County, a key area the GOP needs to win in November.

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Whitmer kidnap plotter deserves 'substantial' prison term, feds say

DETROIT — A Waterford Township man convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer deserves a "substantial" federal prison sentence to deter rising threats from domestic extremists bent on achieving political change through violence, prosecutors said Thursday.

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Michigan Legislature allows absentee ballot preprocessing before election

LANSING, Mich. — State leaders have reached a deal to allow the preprocessing of absentee ballots starting two days before the Nov. 8 election in large communities, according to the chairwoman of the House Elections and Ethics Committee.

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Abortion is a matter of 'freedom' for Biden and Democrats

The way President Joe Biden sees it, the overturning of Roe vs

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GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon quips about kidnapping plot against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

TROY, Mich. — Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon used the 2020 kidnapping plot against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to attack the Democratic incumbent during speeches on Friday, remarks that quickly drew a backlash.

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GOP rival quips about kidnapping plot against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

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Michigan governor hopeful makes light of Whitmer kidnap plot

The Republican candidate for Michigan governor has compared Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s policies to the 2020 plot to kidnap the Democratic incumbent

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GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon quips about kidnapping plot against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

TROY, Mich. — Republican candidate for governor Tudor Dixon joked during a Friday campaign event about the 2020 kidnapping plot against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a remark that quickly drew criticism.

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Michigan Rolls Back Reforms of Civil Asset Forfeiture

Michigan is now a more dangerous place for anyone who flies with large amounts of cash.

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Feds fight new trial bid in Whitmer kidnap case

DETROIT — The ringleaders convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer do not deserve a new trial because they failed to provide credible evidence of juror misconduct or that the judge was biased, prosecutors said in a court filing unsealed Wednesday.

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Republican candidate for governor offers to send reporter pornography to help define what it is

‘I did not expect to have a gubernatorial nominee define ‘pornography’ at a press conference but nothing about this election cycle has made sense,’ reporter says

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U.S. House incumbent primary defeats reached highest point in two decades

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Judge slashes sentence of convicted Whitmer kidnap plotter

DETROIT — Ty Garbin, convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, could be released to a halfway house within days because a judge Friday reduced his prison sentence, citing ongoing cooperation that helped convict two ringleaders.

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Buttigieg awards big fed grant to dismantle racist highway

A plan to dismantle a 1-mile-long depressed freeway that was built in Detroit by demolishing Black neighborhoods 60 years ago is a big winner of federal money

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Biden campaigns for Whitmer in Detroit, slams Dixon's position on abortion

DETROIT — President Joe Biden attended a Michigan Democratic Party fundraiser Wednesday afternoon with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after his visit to the Detroit auto show.

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Biden touts 35-state EV charger network at Detroit auto show

President Joe Biden test drove an all-electric Cadillac SUV and slid into the front seat of a new Corvette as part of a mid-day tour Wednesday of Detroit's resurrected auto show ahead of an afternoon speech on the auto industry's transition to electric vehicles.

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Debating over debates: Campaign tradition faces skepticism

With the fall campaign rapidly approaching, the time-honored tradition of debates as a forum for voters to evaluate candidates may be the latest casualty of the nation’s polarized political climate

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Free convicted Whitmer kidnap plotter now, defense team says

DETROIT — Ty Garbin, convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, deserves to be freed because he repeatedly testified as the government's star witness, helped convict the scheme's ringleaders and is a target of extremists behind bars, his lawyers argued Friday.

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Michigan voters to decide future of abortion in US state

Recent poll shows a majority of likely Michigan voters in November midterms support proposal to protect abortion rights.

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Judge issues permanent injunction blocking enforcement of Michigan's abortion ban

DETROIT — A state Court of Claims judge ruled Wednesday that Michigan's 1931 law banning abortion is unconstitutional and granted a permanent injunction that stops enforcement of the law for the foreseeable future.

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US judge strikes down Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law

Decision is the latest development in a contentious battle to shape the future of abortion rights in the US state.

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A 1931 law criminalizing abortion in Michigan is unconstitutional, a judge rules

The ruling was the latest development over abortion rights in a state where the issue is being argued in courtrooms and could go before voters this November.

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The Storm Is Here by Luke Mogelson review – America on the brink

A returning foreign correspondent chronicles the transformation of his country in the run-up to January 6

Reason

It's (Almost) Always the Feds: How the FBI Fabricates Schemes To Entrap Would-Be Radicals

The FBI's long history of using informants and manufactured plots to prosecute extremists

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