Michigan's Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announces her candidacy for governor in a bid to replace Gretchen Whitmer.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who was vocally against Donald Trump in the 2024 election, will not try to find bipartisan collaborations.
IRISH GOODBYE — President JOE BIDEN is set to deliver his farewell address at 8 p.m. tonight, saying goodbye to elected office after 53 years of seeking it, a quest that defined well more than half of his life.
“President Biden, when he came into office, said that he would be the most progressive president since F.D.R., and I think on domestic issues — not on foreign policy — on domestic issues, he has kept his word,” Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, said shortly after Biden’s loss.
Joe Biden may be remembered as a fine president but his stubborn refusal to pass the torch for so long made it almost historically inevitable that Donald Trump would win again.
In accordance with President Trump's proclamation, Michigan's governor ordered all U.S. and Michigan flags throughout the state of Michigan to be raised.
Apart from a lot of sentimental boilerplate, President Joe Biden's farewell address had a key message: The super-rich have too much power in politics.
Gretchen Whitmer vowed to "fix the damn roads ... Last year, she stumped for Democratic President Joe Biden and then-Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Even though former Vice President remains the most well-known active Democratic leader nationally, there are a number of rising stars and ambitious state officials in the party who would be eyeing the
Democratic Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor of the all-important swing state.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D), in a brief turn as acting governor, signed a bill Dec. 1, 2023, to allow voters to request an absentee ballot through a state portal, a policy first adopted during the early days of COVID-19.
The best example of the ping pong nature of executive orders is the Paris Climate Accord. Obama committed the United States to the treaty without Senate approval. When Trump became president the first time, he took the U.S. out of the pact. Biden put us back in. And now Monday Trump ordered us out again.