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This Week…
Michigan Republicans vote ‘no’ on restoration of
health insurance subsidies | Detroit News
Spring Convention – 4/19/2026
Michigan Democratic Party
In the News
Michigan Politics and Policy
- Nessel says House GOP’s veto of $645M in spending ‘unconstitutional’ | Detroit Free Press
- House GOP files lawsuit over AG Dana Nessel’s ‘work projects’ opinion | Detroit Free Press
- Physicians Recommend AAP and AAFP Childhood Immunization Schedules Despite Federal Changes – Michigan State Medical Society
- Mike Duggan independent campaign faces barrage of Democratic criticism | Detroit Free Press
- Michigan teachers weaving lessons on Jan. 6 uprising into history classes | Bridge Michigan
- Michigan has ‘zero tolerance’ for child care fraud, agency says amid push for audit | Bridge Michigan
- Michigan makes gains in moving data, with fewer people leaving state | Bridge Michigan
- Grand Rapids Preschool Teacher, 22, Arrested on TV After Condemning Donald Trump over Nicolas Maduro Venezuela Capture | Daily Beast
- Benson Proposes $5K Caregiver Tax Credit | MIRS News
- Here are facts shaping Michigan as state gears for big election year | Bridge Michigan
- Electricity rates climb, powering calls for change in Michigan | Detroit News
- Detroit homicides in 2025 drop to fewest since 1964 | Detroit Free Press
- Michigan doctors say these 5 changes are coming to health care in 2026 | Detroit Free Press
- Five ways the Trump administration reshaped Michigan in 2025 | mlive.com
- Representative Penelope Tsernoglou: Bills would help protect dogs from freezing to death | Detroit News
- 9 Big Questions Heading Into 2026 | MIRS News
- Insider: History suggests ‘I was born here’ won’t be winning message | Detroit News
- Rogers, Stevens lead Michigan U.S. Senate fundraising with wealthy and corporate donors | Michigan Advance
- The Most Interesting Primary of 2026 | The American Prospect
- Gilchrist weighs dropping bid for governor, to run for secretary of state | Detroit News
- Swartz drops out of race for Congress in Fourth District | 94.9 WSJM
The GOP Economy
- Job Gains Cooled in December, Capping Year of Weak Hiring | Wall Street Journal
- US economy added 50,000 jobs in December, capping off one of the weakest years of job gains in decades | CNN Business
- Job growth slowed markedly in Trump’s first year back in office | POLITICO
- Judge halts Trump administration block on child care, other program money for 5 states | AP News
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting dissolves itself | AP News
King Donald
- Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire | Judd Legum/Popular Information
- You Won’t Believe Who Trump Told About Venezuela Attack Ahead of Time | The New Republic
- The Emperor’s New Oil Wealth | Paul Krugman
- Exclusive | Trump Team Works Up Sweeping Plan to Control Venezuelan Oil for Years to Come | Wall Street Journal
- ‘Dictator’ Trump Floats Idea of Canceling Midterm Elections
- Trump proposes massive increase in defense spending to $1.5T | AP News
- Putting a sticker over Trump’s face on your parks pass might cost you | The Washington Post
- The Trump Doctrine: Violence Is Us – Mother Jones
- White House ballroom addition height will match mansion, architect says | The Washington Post
- Trump administration unleashes torrent of untruths after woman shot dead by ICE | The Guardian
- MAGA Is Already Rewriting the ICE Shooting in Minneapolis | WIRED
- Video shows ICE agent in Minneapolis fired at driver as vehicle veered past him | The Washington Post
- January 6, five years on: sustained effort by Trump to rewrite history | Wall Street Journal
- White House Recasts Jan. 6 Riot as ‘Peaceful Protest’ | The Guardian
- Jan. 6 plaque absent from Capitol around fifth anniversary of attack AP News
- Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center | The New York Times
- Smithsonian removes Trump impeachment text at National Portrait Gallery | The Washington Post
GOP Incompetence
- ‘The perfect storm’: Trump has left the US less prepared for natural disasters, experts say | The Guardian
- US drops some vaccine recommendations for children | AP News
- Pete Hegseth moves to demote Mark Kelly over illegal orders video | WGN TV
- The Kelly-Hegseth Grudge Match Helps No One | Wall Street Journal
- Judge says Trump’s acting US Attorney investigating Letitia James is serving unlawfully | CNN Politics
Across the Nation
- Trump Responds to Minnesota ICE Shooting—and Makes It Way Worse | The New Republic
- Monetizing Regime Change via Prediction Market Bets | The American Prospect
- Trump gerrymandering showdown puts democracy at risk in 2026 | Opinion | Detroit Free Press
- Federal immigration officers shoot 2 outside hospital in Portland, Oregon | AP News
