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The 99-page bill produced from an agreement between the White House and Congressional Republicans would avoid a federal default while limiting government spending.
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In campaign 2024, Democrats are looking to find a successor for one of their top House candidates as they try to retake the majority in the House. Elissa Slotkin, a three-term congresswoman from the Lansing, Michigan, area, is running to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Slotkin's candidacy may be good news for the effort to protect Democrats' fragile Senate majority. But it's complicating the party's bid to win back control of the House.
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The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously for a deaf student who sued his public school system for providing an inadequate education. The case is significant for other disabled students who allege they were failed by school officials.
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Lawyers say a deal has been reached over control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh. The deal comes weeks after a custody fight created public buzz and much tension near the end of an exhibition of the artist's work in Detroit.
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A Wisconsin man who was accused of a secondary role in a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Brian Higgins said Wednesday that he attempted to provide material support for terrorism when he drove past Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's vacation home.
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A mentally ill Michigan man accused of making death threats against Democrats and people who are LGBTQ has been charged with illegally possessing guns.
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A man charged with threatening the lives of Jewish Michigan public officials on Twitter has been indicted on a hate crime charge. U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison said Thursday that 41-year-old Jack Eugene Carpenter III of Tipton, Michigan, made threats against Jewish government officials in Michigan on Twitter while he was in Texas last month.
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State regulators want to hear from frustrated Michigan residents who lost electricity during recent storms across the Lower Peninsula. The Michigan Public Service Commission sets rates and other policies affecting utilities.
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When the texts began coming in about a shooter at Michigan State University, training that many students started receiving as schoolchildren automatically kicked in. They ran. They found a place to hide. They locked and barricaded the doors. Then they waited as a gunman who killed three students and wounded five more eluded police for some three hours. They are part of a generation that has grown up with active shooter drills. Schools and districts across the U.S. began implementing the training after a shooting at at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 children and six educators.
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A fraternity chapter president, a science student and a student who wanted to become a pediatrician are among victims of a shooting at Michigan State University. Officials say Alexandria Verner, Brian Fraser and Arielle Anderson were killed after a gunman opened fire on campus Monday night.