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Editorial Roundup: Michigan

By The Associated Press Apr. 19, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Detroit News. April 14, 2021. Editorial: Rev up U.S. automotive supply chains Technology has become increasingly...

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Mar. 29, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Des Moines Register. March 25, 2021. Editorial: Iowa Republican lawmakers make a stand for freedom — well, one freedom (to get and carry...

Dems bash move to vaccinate consultants; rural aid sought

Feb. 09, 2021 02:30 AM EST
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Democratic leaders in Maine criticized MaineHealth on Tuesday for providing coronavirus vaccinations to out-of-state consultants hired to...

Vice President Kamala Harris, right, ceremonially swears in Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, accompanied by his wife Tanya Mayorkas, and their daughters Amelia, far left, and Giselle, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Senate confirms Mayorkas as Biden's homeland security chief

By Ben Fox Feb. 02, 2021 03:28 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

By The Associated Press Dec. 28, 2020 09:00 AM EST
Detroit News. Dec. 23, 2020. Editorial: Start planning on summer school now The pandemic has wreaked havoc in many...

Johnson touts alternative COVID-19 treatments at hearing

Dec. 08, 2020 06:00 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of doctors at a U.S. Senate hearing chaired by Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, touted unproven alternative treatments to...

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. Whitmer's office took legal action Friday to force the shutdown of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline by revoking the easement that allows an underwater section to run through the Straits of Mackinac. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, File)
Michigan governor seeks shutdown of Great Lakes oil pipeline

By John Flesher Nov. 13, 2020 06:20 PM EST

Republican Senate candidate Sen. Mitch McConnell, second from right, and his wife, Elaine Chao, right, look on as aides show him the election results in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Democrats' Senate drive halted by GOP; key races undecided

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 05, 2020 12:28 AM EST

Rita Brown, a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, watches election results at a watch party in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Biden wins Michigan, nears 270 electoral votes

By David Eggert Nov. 04, 2020 11:05 PM EST

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to talk to reporters about Election Day results in races for the House of Representatives, at Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter

By Lisa Mascaro Nov. 04, 2020 05:40 PM EST

Democratic Senate candidate Jamie Harrison thanks his supporters at an election watch party in Columbia, S.C., after losing the Senate race to incumbent Lindsey Graham, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Jeff Blake/The State via AP)
Democrats' Senate drive halted by GOP; key races undecided

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 04, 2020 12:41 PM EST

Chester County election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 general election in the United States at West Chester University, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in West Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
2020 Latest: Mich. Democrat Peters wins Senate reelection

Nov. 04, 2020 12:15 PM EST

Cynthia Baird speaks about voting Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Howell, Mich. Baird said she voted for Trump. She said she thought the most important issue facing the country was "to be safe, and make sure everybody is equally treated, and just care for people." (AP Photo/Noah Trister
AP VoteCast: Michigan voters sour on state of nation

By John Seewer Nov. 04, 2020 11:54 AM EST

Cynthia Baird speaks about voting Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Howell, Mich. Baird said she voted for Trump. She said she thought the most important issue facing the country was "to be safe, and make sure everybody is equally treated, and just care for people." (AP Photo/Noah Trister
AP VoteCast: Michigan voters sour on state of nation

By John Seewer Nov. 03, 2020 06:34 PM EST

AP VoteCast: Michigan voters sour on state of nation

Nov. 03, 2020 06:01 PM EST
Voters in Michigan made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roger Marshall celebrates his win, at an election watch party in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
Democrats losing paths to Senate control as GOP hangs on

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 03, 2020 05:31 AM EST

An election inspector waves a flag to call for assistance as ballots are counted into the early morning hours Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at the central counting board in Detroit. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Too early to call Trump-Biden, Senate races in Michigan

By David Eggert Nov. 02, 2020 11:41 PM EST

FILE - In this June 9, 2020, file photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, speaks to reporters following the weekly Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., center, and Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., right, listen. Republican senators are fighting to save their majority against an onslaught of challengers in states once off limits to Democrats that are now hotbeds of the backlash to President Donald Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
GOP tries to save its Senate majority, with or without Trump

By Lisa Mascaro Nov. 01, 2020 07:58 AM EST

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during an event for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at Michigan State Fairgrounds in Novi, Mich., Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Peters, James make final cases in Michigan's Senate race

By David Eggert Oct. 31, 2020 02:19 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, June 22, 2020, file photo, Republican U.S. Senate candidate John James speaks at Weir Farms in Hanover Township, Mich. First-term Democratic Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan is trying to hang onto his seat. The low-key, understated, maybe even “boring” senator is betting voters care more about his effectiveness as he desperately fights to keep a seat his party is counting on to take the Senate majority. Peters is finding it tougher to shake Republican John James. Michigan has something it has not seen in 20 years: a competitive Senate contest. (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)
Parties' late spending on Senate races shows GOP's jeopardy

By Alan Fram Oct. 23, 2020 12:23 PM EDT