Trump appoints loyalists to his new administration as his attorney general nominee dropout under pressure
November 22nd, 20240 WASHINGTON, D.C. – President-elect Trump moved quickly after his victory on November 5, to select members of his new administration who will oversee federal departments, agencies and other offices requiring Senate approval. Meanwhile, Trump’s opponents wasted no time in criticizing his selections, leading to the swift withdrawal...
Voting against genocide — How Gaza defeated the Democratic establishment
November 15th, 20242 Arab and Muslim American voters did not remove Democrats from office, nor did they cost Kamala Harris the Oval Office. They merely sent a strong message that Palestine matters, not only to Arabs and Muslims but to many Americans as well. The ones who cost the Democrats the elections are the Democrats themselves. Their humiliating...
Congressional elections: Republicans win additional seat in Michigan, moving toward retaining majority in U.S. House
November 9th, 20240 Alongside the presidential race, elections for all 13 of Michigan’s U.S. Congressional Districts were held Tuesday. The results favored the Republican Party, which increased its share of Michigan seats in the House of Representatives to seven members after Republican candidate Tom Barrett in District 7 (Lansing area) defeated his...
Slotkin’s wins Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat, Republicans flip majority in the Senate
November 9th, 20240 Despite Democrat Elissa Slotkin's victory in Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, the national red wave on Tuesday ran counter to Democratic hopes, as Republicans took over the Senate majority by securing at least four seats in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Montana and West Virginia. Preliminary figures also indicate they may gain an additional...
Trump wins presidential election; Arab American voters speak: turning points in Michigan’s general election as Harris loses the state
November 9th, 20243 Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States after receiving 295 electoral college votes, while Vice President Harris won 226. A candidate needs 270 votes to win the presidency. Winning in several swing states, including Michigan, Trump will begin his second presidential term Jan. 20. As of press time, with...
Where Harris and Trump stand on key issues of importance to Arab Americans
November 1st, 20241 Here is a brief look at some of their policies as published by Reuters: Vice President Harris, a Democrat, faces former President Trump, a Republican, in the 2024 U.S. presidential election race that may be decided by a thin sliver of votes in seven battleground states. The two are sharply divided on the role the U.S. government should...
Arab American support for Trump is misguided
November 1st, 20243 I was surprised to read of the reaction of some Arab Americans to VP Harris’ candidacy for president in “Harris, Trump campaigns continue their covert efforts to sway Arab and Muslim voters despite their overtly strong support for Israel.” Apparently, many think they will “punish” the Biden administration by voting for Trump....A bit confused
November 1st, 20240 Dear Mr. Siblani, I've been thinking about your statement in the recent Politico article and decided to write. Your community is being presented a rare opportunity due to the outsize power of its voting bloc this election. This might not come again. Yet rather than leveraging it, you’d prefer to just keep protesting? Politics are...Trump would allow Netanyahu to commit unparalleled genocide
November 1st, 20240 Dear editor, I am a Jew, born and raised in Detroit. I urge and feel it essential that fellow Detroiters and the Arab community to vote to elect Kamala Harris for president. Michigan can deliver the presidency to either Harris or Trump. If the Arab community, once a stalwart of Democratic support, refrains from voting for president or...Imam Bilal Alzuhairi: Voting for Trump…. really?
November 1st, 20240 In a few days, we Americans will become accustomed to the “F” word for the next four (or more) years. There exists a possibility that for the first time in the 250 years of its existence as a republic, a fascist will be installed as president of the United States! It sounds ominously hysterical, hyperbolic and overblown, but wait...Unique opportunity for the recognition of Arab & Muslim votes
November 1st, 20241 Irrespective of the colors of past, present and future U.S. administrations, the U.S. policy in the Middle East was and will remain biased against Arabs and their causes for at least the foreseeable future. The U.S. administration’s unlimited diplomatic and military support for Israel wasn’t only dictated by the organized...
After AAPAC and The Arab American News exclude them from endorsements, Trump and Harris compete to win back Michigan’s Arab American voters
October 26th, 20240 As the countdown to the presidential election on November 5 approaches, the race intensifies between the Democratic candidate, Vice President Harris and the Republican candidate, former President Trump, to attract Arab American voters in the Greater Detroit area, where they are expected to play a decisive role in tipping the scales in...
The Arab American News and AAPAC to Arab American voters: Our Endorsements
October 18th, 20242 Don't vote for either Harris, Trump, Slotkin or Rogers; choose down ballot candidates who've earned our support On Sunday, October 13, members of the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) met to decide which of the candidates and proposals on the November 5 ballot to endorse, including the hotly contested presidential...
Harris, Trump campaigns continues their covert efforts to sway Arab and Muslim voters despite their overtly strong support for Israel
October 14th, 20240 Stein fourth visit to Dearborn: I'm the candidate against genocide! With less than a month to go before the presidential election on November 5, Arab and American Muslim voters in Michigan remain staunch in their refusal to support Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, despite their campaigns'...Poll: Trump slightly leads Harris among Arab American voters, Gaza war is top priority
October 14th, 20242 The ongoing war in Gaza has turned historical Arab American support for Democratic candidates on its head, with 46 percent of likely voters polled by the Arab American Institute saying they would support former President Trump, while 42 percent said they would back Vice President Harris. Normally, Democrats have a 2-to-1 advantage among......
Polls show Harris and Trump tied nationally, tight race in swing states
September 20th, 20240 Vice President Harris and former President Trump remain deadlocked less than seven weeks before the Nov. 5 presidential election, according to new polls released on Thursday that also show a tight race in the key state of Pennsylvania. While the surveys found likely and registered voters gave higher marks to Democrat Harris in last...
Suspect charged in second assassination attempt against former President Trump
September 20th, 20240 Former President Trump was the target in what the FBI believes to be an attempted assassination. While Trump was golfing at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday, Secret Service agents fired shots at a man after seeing his rifle in the bushes of the Trump International Golf Club. Trump was reported unharmed and safe.......
Poll: American Muslims in Michigan prefer Green Party candidate Jill Stein over Harris and Trump
September 14th, 20240 A new poll conducted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) showed a surprising rise in popularity for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein among Muslim voters in Michigan. The poll found that 40 percent of Muslim American voters in Michigan support Stein, compared to 18 percent for Republican candidate...
The intensity of the race to the White House strengthens the electoral voice of Arabs and Muslims in Michigan
September 13th, 20242 ARAB AMERICAN VOTERS' CHOICE IN NOVEMBER As the intensity of the race to the White House increases following the first debate between the Republican candidate, former President Trump, and the Democratic candidate, Vice President Harris, on Tuesday, the electoral significance of Arab and Muslim American votes in Michigan and other swing...Reuters/Ipsos poll: Harris widens lead over Trump
August 30th, 20240 Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 45 percent to 41 percent in a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Thursday that showed the vice president sparking new enthusiasm among voters and shaking up the race ahead of the Nov. 5 election. The 4 percentage point advantage among registered voters was wider than a 1 point lead...
Democratic National Convention denies request for Arab American speaker, allows parents of hostage to speak
August 23rd, 20240 The Democratic National Committee declined a request from the "uncommitted" delegates for a member of the Arab American community to speak at the party convention in Chicago. “The answer is no,” Michigan uncommitted delegate Abbas Alawieh told journalists outside the United Center. “I said, 'No is unacceptable. No is......
Harris’ speech in support of Israel fails to win over Arab American and Muslim support
August 23rd, 20240 Disappointed Pro-Palestinian activists said Kamala Harris' speech to close the Democratic convention in Chicago failed to demonstrate any break from the status quo, after a week in which the most divisive issue facing the party was mostly ignored. Under pressure to respond to critics of U.S. support for Israel's war in Gaza, the vice...
Harris pivots to convincing Arab American voters of her leadership
August 2nd, 20241 By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Osama Siblani’s phone won’t stop ringing. Just days after President Biden withdrew his bid for reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination, top officials from both major political parties have been asking the......
Trump shooter Thomas Crooks leaves behind pile of mysteries
July 19th, 20240 Thomas Crooks was pacing next to a warehouse building outside the Butler Farm Show grounds as a crowd gathered for one of former President Trump's signature outdoor rallies. Crooks had already been flagged as suspicious by law enforcement. By the time two police officers walked over to check him out, he was on the roof, belly...
Biden is isolated at home as top Democrats urge him to drop out of the race
July 19th, 20240 Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Biden to rethink his election bid, with former President Obama expressing concerns to allies and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately telling Biden the party could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he doesn’t step away from the 2024......
