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Politics Editor & Columnist at The Detroit News [email protected] https://www.detroitnews.com/staff/9891415002/chad-livengood/
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NEW: More than 318,000 inactive voter registrations to be removed in Michigan from the voter rolls www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

SHOT: President Trump threatens to “STOP” federal funding to colleges & universities that allow “illegal protests.” 1A CHASER: “Congress shall make no law…prohibiting …the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Trump hits 'pause' on U.S. aid to Ukraine after Oval Office dustup, pressuring Zelenskyy on Russia talks www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

The two-year reconstruction of a busy stretch of I-696 in southeast Oakland County starts today Here's what to know about the detours: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Gut-wrenching @andymorrisondn.bsky.social photo of a Monroe County father who lost two of his young kids when an allegedly drunk woman plowed her car into a kid's birthday party at a boat club. Read more about this family's tragedy from reporter Kara Berg: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

“Charles Lindbergh would be delighted with this foreign policy.” —New Yorker editor David Remnick on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on President Trump taking Russia’s side in its quest to control Ukraine.

As Trump warms to Putin, U.S. halts offensive cyber operations against Moscow www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p... via @detroitnews.bsky.social

NEW: GOP congressman says Michigan schools should 'suffer consequences' if they let trans kids play girls sports www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Thomas Friedman on Trump’s “obviously planned ambush” of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky: “My fellow Americans, we are in completely uncharted waters, led by a president, who — well, I cannot believe he is a Russian agent, but he sure plays one on TV. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

Michigan lawmaker readies ballot campaign to require citizenship proof, photo ID to vote www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Trump's USDA funding freeze stymies Michigan farmers, conservation groups New reporting on farmers not getting paid money they’re owed and land preservation deals in limbo: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

VIDEO: Trump shouts at Zelenskyy in the Oval Office as he and Vance berate Ukrainian leader as 'disrespectful' www.detroitnews.com/story/news/w...

West Michigan mom kills son day before 18th birthday to fulfill his death wish www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

If you need to shop for food today and are doing the blackout thing, I recommend going to Detroit People's Food Co-Op on Woodward just north of Grand River. Fresh produce, coffee, grocery, hot counter, prepared foods, salad bar, beer & more. You don't need to be a member detroitpeoplesfoodcoop.com

SCOOP: Red flag law used to confiscate firearms from four Detroit police officers Detroit News political reporter Beth LeBlanc has details from state and county court records we unearthed this week: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Detroit — Forget “Barbenheimer.” This weekend, “Barbieformers” is coming to Huntington Place. Barbie’s Pink Cadillac convertible and the "Transformer" movie-inspired Megamorph Giant Robot Car are among the headliners for this weekend’s 72nd Annual Meguiar's… #Autorama2025 #Barbie #Transformers

Automaker Stellantis reported a 70% drop in sales last year, but its CEO’s pay package for 2024 (plus his year-end severance) was still worth millions of dollars Rank-and-file workers got a $3,780 bonus www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

This Michigan woman hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

NEW: Democrats tap Michigan's Elissa Slotkin to give rebuttal to Trump's State of the Union address www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer puts businesses on notice in road funding tax debate at State of the State No new details on how her plan generates $1.6 billion in new taxes from businesses for roads. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

👀Detroit Three 2024 profit-sharing checks: GM: $14,500 Ford: $10,208 Stellantis: $3,780 www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Get ready for detours: EB I-696 in Oakland County to close this weekend www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

NEW: Law firm flagged 'questionable' spending by Chatfield's social welfare fund, including strip club tab www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Stellantis profit sharing: Here's how much UAW members will get for 2024 in their paychecks www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

Michigan lawmaker bashes federal worker 'sob stories' amid ⁦‪Elon Musk-directed job‬⁩ cuts. Laid-off VA workers in Michigan respond www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Rescuers work to free crew trapped in 'trench' in Wyandotte that collapsed www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

We are so back… …to pothole season.

LEDE: The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Iran and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday against a U.N. resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for the return of Ukrainian territory. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/w... Today’s Detroit News front page:

20 years after closing, a Flint-area high school is getting a second chance www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

A Leelanau County man has been arrested in the 1989 beating death of Traverse City-area woman. The suspect, 63-year-old Steven Gary Koon of Suttons Bay, had been a person of interest since the earliest days of the investigation into the death of… #JusticeForLisa #ColdCaseSolved #TrueCrime

If you're a federal worker in Michigan and want to voluntarily share your response to #DOGE and Elon Musk on what you did last week on the job, please forward it to Detroit News reporter Melissa Nann Burke at [email protected].

Where the races to lead Michigan stand after Saturday's Democratic and Republican conventions Lots of potential candidates making early moves for governor, U.S. Senate, attorney general and secretary of state. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

“I’ll be candid with you. Having put in over 70 hours of work last week advancing Administration’s priorities, I was personally insulted to receive the below email," the acting general counsel of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services told some employees. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Michigan GOP House Speaker Matt Hall's flip-flop on #FOIA for the Legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office doesn't add up My column: www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...

Several administration officials tell federal workers not to reply to Elon Musk’s “What did you do last week?” email wapo.st/4ieqKsh

Detroit News Political Insider: Where a years-long battle over Michigan's minimum wage might go next Ex-Speaker Joe Tate explains why he opted out of #Detroit mayoral bid Stevens adds campaign staffer as she mulls #MISEN bid EPA boss visits Flint, Ann Arbor www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Elon Musk: Federal workers must answer email on “what they got done last week” or lose jobs www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

BREAKING: State Sen. Jim Runestad‬⁩ upsets Trump-backed candidate ⁦‪Meshawn Maddock‬⁩ in Michigan GOP chair race Big loss for President Trump. ⁦Detroit News scribe Craig Mauger‬⁩ has the details from Detroit: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

An unconstitutional third Trump term? President Trump keeps bringing it up www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Detroit News scribe Francis X. Donnelly serves up a bag of burger nostalgia with this dispatch from Sturgis, Michigan, home of the nation’s last Hot ‘n Now (with a photo gallery and video): www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Engineering firm agrees to pay Flint residents $53M to settle water crisis lawsuit www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs hourly minimum wage, paid sick leave laws; here's what they do www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Steve Bannon is accused of doing a straight-arm Nazi salute at CPAC but says it was just 'a wave' www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Claressa Shields sounds off on Michigan boxing suspension: ‘I’ve never smoked weed’ www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...

Michigan judge sets $250 million bond for Pontiac mom accused of leaving her children to live alone in squalor for years www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Elissa Slotkin on President Trump parroting Russian propaganda about Ukraine: 'Reagan must be rolling over in his grave' www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p... via @detroitnews.bsky.social

Ambassador Bridge trucking traffic at Detroit-Windsor nears historic low as Gordie Howe Bridge opening looms Interesting data in charts from reporter Grant Schwab here: www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

Michigan GOP lawmakers pressure three colleges to sever ties with Chinese universities www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

NEWS: Feds mulling 'emergency' Line 5 oil pipeline tunnel permit review after Trump order www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Three kids in Pontiac, Mich. lived alone in squalid conditions for years as their mother dropped off food each week. “Toward the end the children were getting a loaf of bread that was intended to last three to four days,” Oakland Co. Sheriff Mike Bouchard said. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...