Warren escalates Facebook fight with ad targeting Zuckerberg

Warren, who in March proposed breaking up big tech companies, began running a text ad on Facebook last Thursday to take aim at Zuckerberg

Business

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Warren joins Buttigieg in nixing threat to church tax status

Warren campaign spokeswoman Saloni Sharma declined to take aim at the tax status of religious organizations that don’t support same-sex marriage

Politics

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Ex-National Security Council official testifying to Congress

Fiona Hill is the first White House official to appear as part of the House impeachment inquiry

Politics

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Joe Biden’s son Hunter stepping down from Chinese board

Hunter Biden is stepping down from the board of directors of a Chinese-backed private equity firm

Business

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Ambassador to testify his ‘no quid pro quo’ denial came from Trump

Gordon Sondland, Trump’s hand-picked ambassador to the European Union, is among administration officials being subpoenaed to appear on Capitol Hill.

Nation

| 22 hours ago

Fact Check: Trump’s shoddy info on Syria, impeachment

President Donald Trump spread shoddy information about Syria, the economy and matters at the heart of the impeachment inquiry against him

Politics

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Islamic State supporters escape in Syria as US pulls back

Hundreds of Islamic State supporters escaped from a displaced-persons camp in northern Syria on Sunday

World

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Impeachment dominates, but much other work awaits Congress

It’s a volatile, difficult-to-predict time in Washington as lawmakers end a two-week break

Politics

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Trump backs Giuliani, but some aides wish he would cut ties

Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is being investigated by federal prosecutors in New York for possible lobbying violations

Politics

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Anatomy of the phone call now imperiling Trump’s presidency

White House staffers, working in the secure, soundproof Situation Room in the West Wing basement, listened in and chronicled the conversation

Politics

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Nessel calls for MSU to release 6,000 emails to help state Nassar probe

Nessel, who took office in January, has called for more government transparency while noting Michigan's current FOIA restrictions

Michigan

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Running for president, Gabbard faces challenge in Hawaii

State Sen. Kai Kahele is picking up endorsements and criticizing Gabbard for not paying enough attention to constituents in Hawaii

Politics

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Andrew Johnson back in spotlight for 1868 impeachment brush

The House voted to impeach Johnson in 1868 after alleging he had illegally fired War Secretary Edwin Stanton

Nation

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Trump picks new US ambassador to Russia

President Donald Trump is nominating the No. 2 official at the State Department to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia

Politics

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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Stepping down, Trump says

McAleenan became the acting secretary after Trump forced out his predecessor, Kirstjen Nielsen

Politics

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White House to cut foreign policy staff by nearly half

National security adviser Robert O’Brien said late Thursday that he wants to gradually eliminate about half of the 178 staff members

Politics

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Michigan, feds warn against THC-containing vapes

Michigan and federal health officials are warning residents to stay away from vaping products containing the marijuana derivative known as THC

Health

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State moves ahead on limits to PFAS in drinking water

State environmental officials on Friday said they are moving ahead with proposed limits to certain forms of PFAS in drinking water, could be adopted by spring.

Michigan

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Trump plan to divert military budget to border wall is rejected

A federal judge in Texas said he would block Trump’s plan to build a border wall with funds shifted from the Pentagon’s construction budget

Politics

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Nessel asks for emergency stay in same-sex adoption case

Attorney General Nessel asked a judge to stay his decision allowing adoption agencies to continue contracting with the state if they don't work with gay couples.

Michigan

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Shepard Smith leaves Fox News Channel

Shepard Smith, whose newscast on Fox News Channel seemed increasingly an outlier on the Trump-dominated network, says he is leaving

TV Plus

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At UM, Hillary Clinton says U.S. facing constitutional crisis

Clinton says whistleblower report on Trump's phone call with Ukraine leader "meets the definition of an impeachable offense if it's proven"

Michigan

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UM to host presidential debate in October 2020

The University of Michigan will host the second round of presidential debates on Oct. 15, 2020.

Politics

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Arrests may cloud district-switching Texas Republican’s comeback

A federal indictment appears to link Pete Sessions to a campaign finance scheme and the Ukraine scandal at the heart of the impeachment investigation

Nation

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Religious right sticks by Trump as political heat rises

As the threat of impeachment looms, Trump is digging in and taking solace in the base that helped him get elected: conservative evangelical Christians

Politics

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Envoy cites ‘concerted campaign’ to oust her: Impeachment update

House Democrats are interviewing Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, in a private deposition Friday

Politics

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Ex-convict set to withdraw from Michigan congressional race

Jeffrey Jowske of Port Huron, an ex-convict running for Congress in Michigan's 10th District, is withdrawing from the race because of work commitments

Politics

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Republicans stumbling over question at heart of impeachment

A simple yes-or-no question keeps tripping up Senate Republicans: Should the president ask foreign countries to investigate political rivals?

Politics

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Trump accountant told by appeals court to surrender records

Trump suffered a stinging blow as a federal appeals court upheld a subpoena ordering his accountants to provide Congress with his financial records

Politics

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Trump sees ‘warmer feelings’ as Schumer sounds off: Trade update

Trump continued to send positive vibes about a trade deal with China, but Chuck Schumer is criticizing any deal that would include breaks for Huawei

Business

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Arrest of Giuliani associates ensnares ‘Congressman 1’

Giuliani’s associates’ contributions have former Texas Rep. Pete Sessions denying knowledge of an alleged effort to remove Ambassador Yovanovitch

Politics

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Study links Russian tweets to release of hacked emails

A new study suggests the tactics of hacking Democratic emails and sending provocative tweets were likely intertwined

Nation

| 3 days ago

Taliban welcome Trump’s call to bring U.S. troops home

Suhail Shaheen, spokesman of the Taliban political office in Qatar, tweeted about Trump’s speech at a rally in Minneapolis, just hours after the event

Politics

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Trump attacks Biden, slams impeachment probe at Minn. rally

He spent little time defending attempts to pressure Ukraine, instead casting impeachment fight as a battle between him and the ‘swamp’

Politics

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Trump’s children take in millions overseas as president slams Biden’s son

Eric Trump and his brother, Donald Trump Jr., run the Trump Organization, which conducts business around the globe and is still owned by the president

Politics

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