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This Week…
Michigan families have paid more than $26 billion, or
$6,419 per household, in tariff-driven costs | Smart Trade Alliance
Rogers calls for swift end to Iran War; El-Sayed says he’s ‘flip-flopping’ | Detroit News
In the News
Politics and Policy
- Will Lawrence rolls out plan for regulating Big Tech, data centers in Michigan and beyond | Michigan Advance
- Advocates, moms and lawmakers push for group prenatal care as Legislature weighs insurer issues | Michigan Advance
- The Medicaid Work Requirement’s Gambling Loophole | American Enterprise InstituteCould healthcare price transparency lower costs? Mike Rogers thinks so | Bridge Michigan
- New poll shows El-Sayed leads Michigan Senate race, helped by Trump | USA Today
- Bombshell Poll Shows Dems Breaking Through in Trump Country | Daily Beast
- Democrats Can Win Back the Midwest – Rahm Emanuel | Wall Street Journal
- Some Michigan Republicans see a ‘huge struggle’ ahead in fall election | Detroit News
- Massive primary turnout points to biggest year for Democrats since Watergate | The DownBallot
- The lie dominating Musk’s 2026 political ads | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
- Fact check: What Abdul El-Sayed said about prison sentences, freeing inmates | Bridge Michigan
- Reps. McDonald Rivet, Davis Lead New Push to Stop Tax Giveaways for Data Centers | Representative Kristen McDonald Rivet
Attacking the Constitution & Elections
- Opinion | Michigan survived the primary. Election deniers are targeting November | Detroit Free Press
- Anti-Muslim rhetoric against Abdul El-Sayed shapes Michigan Senate race | The Washington Post
- Abdul El-Sayed battles politics, Islamophobia in run for U.S. Senate | Detroit Free Press
The Economy and Affordability
- Michigan Gas Prices Today | Gas Prices Live
- Chinese Cars Should Be Kept Out of U.S., Auto Groups Urge Trump | Wall Street Journal
Trump Corruption and Grifts
- Trump and family’s large AI-related investments pose possible conflicts | The Washington Post
- As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails | The Guardian
- Crypto legislation would greenlight Trump corruption | Judd Legum/Popular Information Substack
- Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre | MS NOW
Bumbling and Fumbling Trump Administration
- Amid measles outbreaks, RFK Jr. headlines an anti-vaccine conference | MS Now
- Trump’s favorite 2026 campaign target is Biden: nearly 900 mentions and counting | USA Today
- Trump Humiliated as U.N. Speech Bombs With Bored Audience | Daily Beast
- Major TV networks decline White House pool duties | POLITICO
- The cameras pull back as ousted outlets sue over Trump’s media-ban attack on the free press | Law Dork Substack
- Judge says EPA illegally canceled $7B solar program | AP News
- The Medicaid Work Requirement’s Gambling Loophole | American Enterprise Institute
Across the Nation
- FBI Eyed Susan Collins Over Defense Contractor’s Donations | ProPublica
- JD Vance Chances Against Ossoff, Buttigieg and AOC: Latest 2028 Polls | Newsweek
- MAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to Go | The New Republic
- Republican Senator Breaks Ranks, Calls for Probe Into Trump Jr. | The New Republic
