December 14th, 20180WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D- Dearborn) has released an official statement highly critical of continued U.S. military action in Yemen, based in large part on feedback from constituents in her hometown of Dearborn.
“Families in my hometown are telling me about horrific conditions," Dingell said in a statement released...
November 22nd, 20180The Muslims are no longer coming—they are here!
Well, in reality Muslims have been in America and contributing to it even before the nation was formed, since approximately 15 percent of the slaves from Africa were Muslim.
But now Muslim Americans are “here” in a whole new way as a record number won their elections on Nov. 6....
November 10th, 20180DETROIT — Rashida Tlaib will be one of two Arab American and Muslim women ever to be elected to Congress after winning the seat of former U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. and defeating Brenda Jones' last minute write-in campaign, on Tuesday.
The Palestinian American and vocal critic of President Trump was announced the winner of the 13th...
November 6th, 20180WASHINGTON - American voters will decide whether Trump’s Republicans maintain their grip on the U.S. Congress, or if Democrats can slow the president’s agenda after a divisive campaign marked by clashes over race, immigration and trade.
The first national elections since Trump captured the White House in a stunning 2016 upset is a...
August 4th, 20180GAZA — Seventy members of the U.S. Congress are urging the Trump administration to immediately reinstate U.S. aid in order to alleviate the growing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Israel has seized a boat and detained almost two dozen people as they were trying to reach Gaza by sea with a cargo of medical...
March 2nd, 20180Over the course of the following weeks, The AANews will be looking at U.S. Congressional candidates in the Aug. 7 and Nov. 6 elections. Here are some from Flint and Metro Detroit.
FIFTH DISTRICT (Flint)
Dan Kildee (Democrat incumbent)
Kildee, a native of Flint who now lives in Flint Township, has served in Congress since 2013. He is...
September 8th, 20170WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, the U.S. House unanimously approved a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls by putting federal regulators in the driver's seat and barring states from blocking autonomous vehicles.
The House measure, the first significant federal legislation aimed at...
July 14th, 20172NORTHVILLE— Born and raised in Dearborn, Michigan, Northville resident Fayrouz Saad is the product of hard working parents who immigrated from Lebanon more than 40 years ago.
"It really starts with my parents," Saad said. "Moving to Michigan for the American Dream. They started a small business in Detroit's Eastern Market. A very...
