August 18th, 20180All three Republican candidates in key races won in Michigan's August 7 primary election and will face their Democratic challengers in November.
While Democrats in Michigan and across the nation are basking in the victories of progressive candidates, including minorities and women, Republicans supporting President Trump's...
August 10th, 20180DEARBORN/DETROIT – Abdul El-Sayed might have fallen short of the votes needed to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, Aug. 7, and the possibility of going on to become the nation's first Muslim governor, but his platform’s momentum continues in full thrust among many progressives across the state. The 33-year-old...
August 2nd, 20180Facebook said on Tuesday it had identified a new coordinated political influence campaign to mislead its users and sow dissension among voters ahead of November’s U.S. congressional elections.
It said it had removed 32 pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram, part of an effort to combat foreign meddling in U.S....
July 20th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a resolution against allowing Russia to question former U.S. ambassador Michael McFaul or other U.S. officials. It was a formal rebuke to President Trump, who touted the offer at the Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump faced outrage on Tuesday for his...
July 17th, 20180AMSTERDAM — Iran has filed a lawsuit against the United States alleging that Washington’s decision in May to impose sanctions after pulling out of a nuclear deal violates a 1955 treaty between the two countries, the International Court of Justice said on Tuesday.
A State Department official said the application was without merit...
July 6th, 20180Progressive and unorthodox candidates for Congress have been racking up major victories in the past few months, sending shockwaves and turning heads in a political arena long-dominated by White Republican men with deep pockets.
On June 26, 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated a 10-term Democratic incumbent in the primaries...
July 6th, 20181Guest editorial
By the Muslim Public Affairs Council
Every July 4th holiday, most Americans spend time with their families, indulge in grilled foods and watch awestruck as dazzling explosions light up the night sky. For many of us, it’s a time to reflect on the complex juxtapositions that define our nation; from the...
June 30th, 20182This past May, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the government's “zero tolerance” policy at U.S. border crossings. It was a matter of weeks before the new policy began yielding tragic outcomes. Those attempting to unlawfully cross into the U.S. were subject to federal criminal prosecution, while their children were taken...
June 29th, 20180Tuesday, June 26, 2018 will be remembered as a shameful day in the history of the United States of America. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Trump's executive order banning citizens of Muslim-majority nations from entering the country. The decision fulfilled a campaign promise by then-candidate Donald Trump.
No one can spin...
June 8th, 20181WASHINGTON, D.C. — After declining to mark Ramadan last year with a traditional iftar dinner, which breaks the daily fast during the Islamic holy month, the White House held one Wednesday night with a few dozen guests, many of them ambassadors from Muslim nations.
Meanwhile, some Islamic groups that were not invited, led by the...
June 1st, 20180
The ban has nothing to do with safety, makes us less safe around the world and negatively impacts our families in Michigan
DEARBORN — It's no surprise that people the world over are attracted to the message of change. As one crisis and protest follows after another, it seems like people are forcibly grasping for...
May 18th, 20180DETROIT – On the 70th anniversary of what is considered the greatest catastrophe in Palestine, drones painted the sky with trails of smoke grenades and snipers perched on the Israeli side of the Gaza border pelleted thousands who were protesting against those responsible for the historic tragedy – the Nakba, in Arabic.
More than...
April 19th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives on Wednesday urged Speaker Paul Ryan to schedule debate on bills to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation, in a move aimed at reviving a push that sputtered in the Senate in February.
Backers said they had 240 House members on board so far...
April 6th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump, unable to get Congress or Mexico to fully fund his border wall, will post National Guard troops along the Mexican frontier, officials said on Wednesday, in a move that was likely to escalate tensions with a key U.S. ally.
The Trump administration was working with the governors of the four...
March 2nd, 20180BLOOMINGTON, IN — Politicians in Washington may say they are doing the public's bidding in Congress, but the people lean towards the view that Congress is more polarized than the citizenry, according to a survey of public attitudes about Congress and public affairs conducted by the Indiana University Center on Representative...
March 2nd, 20180"Barbara McQuade did a fantastic job with community outreach. What I would like to do is continue with that tradition. I want to be accessible to people in the community."
DEARBORN — In barely two months at his new job, Matthew Schneider, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, has set the tone of his...
January 26th, 20181WASHINGTON, DC — On Wednesday, former Bloomfield Hills, Mich. resident Gabriel Issa presented his Letter of Credence to President Trump in the Oval Office, accrediting him as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Lebanon to the United States of America.
January 12th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — Steve Bannon has stepped down as executive chairman of Breitbart News, the right-wing news website said on Tuesday, after the former White House chief strategist drew fire from President Trump for harshly criticizing his eldest son.
Bannon was quoted in a new book about the Trump White House as calling Donald...
January 11th, 20180TROY — A transition in leadership is taking place at both the FBI's Detroit office and in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.
David Gelios, special agent in charge of the FBI's Detroit office, is retiring on Jan. 31 to take a private sector job in San Diego.
Gelios, who turns 57 in September, would...
December 22nd, 20172DETROIT — Six months ago, about 30 heavily-armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers stormed into the home of Briana Moore and her husband, Ahmed Mohammed, a 52-year-old Iraqi American truck driver who'd served time in prison for allegedly stealing a rental car about a decade ago.
"Are you going to kill my dad?" Moore...
July 27th, 20170BEIRUT ― The United States will give Lebanon an extra $140 million to help Syrian refugees and the communities hosting them, the State Department said during a U.S. visit by Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
Lebanon is hosting at least 1.5 million Syrian refugees who have fled the more than six-year conflict there and who now make...
