16 h. ago Gretchen Whitmer defends cozying up with Trump after latest photo op

‘One of the things that I’ve learned is I’ve got to put the people in Michigan first over my self-interest,’ Democratic governor of Michigan says on podcast

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58 h. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Immigrants in the Texas Panhandle live in limbo under Trump's crackdown

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61 h. ago Trump says he does not know if El Salvador would return Kilmar Ábrego García and hasn’t asked – live

Trump said he hasn’t spoken to Bukele about mistakenly deported man – despite supreme court order requiring administration to facilitate returnKristi Noem says Ábrego García would be deported immediately if sent back to USTrump pressures journalist to accept doctored photo as realDonald Trump promptly claimed this morning that the contraction in the US economy had nothing to do with his tariff wars, repeated his habitual claim that this is all somehow his predecessor Joe Biden’s fault, and predicted the economy would boom when tariffs kicked in. He wrote on his Truth Social platform:This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s. I didn’t take over until January 20th. Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA in record numbers. Our Country will boom, but we have to get rid of the Biden “Overhang.” This will take a while, has NOTHING TO DO WITH TARIFFS, only that he left us with bad numbers, but when the boom begins, it will be like no other. BE P...

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65 h. ago 2028 hopeful Gretchen Whitmer is upsetting her own party with all the Trump appearances

‘I had to be there because this was a big, important thing for the state of Michigan,’ the Democratic governor said Tuesday

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3 d. ago Moment Trump totally humiliates disgraced Democrat Gretchen Whitmer by dragging her onstage in Michigan

Donald Trump totally humiliated disgraced Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in a made-for-TV moment in Michigan.

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2 w. ago Trump rebrands Covid health website to promote ‘lab leak’ theory

The new site features a photo of President Donald Trump walking between the words “lab” and “leak” under a White House heading

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2 w. ago Democrat Gretchen Whitmer tries to distance herself from Oval Office visit

Michigan governor criticized for appearance, including for blocking her face with binders while her photo was takenThe Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer – considered to be a 2028 White House Democratic contender – was trying to distance herself from a recent Oval Office appearance alongside Donald Trump, which saw her get photographed while blocking her face with binders.Whitmer visited the Republican president on Wednesday alongside a bipartisan delegation to discuss a northern Michigan ice storm, the state’s defense assets and tariffs, among other issues. Following the meeting, Whitmer was brought into the Oval Office where she – as the New York Times described – “stood glumly” during a press conference that saw Trump sign several executive orders that targeted his political opponents. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Workshops empty, Bethlehem carvers fret over second Easter with no tourists

Bethlehem workshops where carvers toil over small pieces of olive wood sit empty these days.

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3 w. ago ‘We need to make more stuff in America’: Potential Democratic candidate in 2028 strikes different tone on tariffs

Taking a bipartisan approach, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said, ‘We’ve got to work with our friends and compete against our adversaries’

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3 w. ago PHOTO ESSAY: Miami’s ‘Little Venezuela’ fears Trump's moves against migration

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