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Elections Kansas congressional candidates with military experience criticize Trump’s handling of Iran war By Sherman Smith Kansas Reflector – 4/16/26
TOPEKA — As the military’s lead logistics planner for a hypothetical war with Iran, Chris Carmichael reached a simple conclusion. “You really shouldn’t start a war with Iran,” he said. The ...
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Elections Trump dives deeper into Indiana’s Republican primary fights By Tom Davies Indiana Capital Chronicle – 4/09/26
President Donald Trump is lining up behind more challengers to Republican state senators who opposed the Indiana congressional redistricting plan — along with giving his endorsement to numerous ...
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Economy A year after ‘Liberation Day,’ Michigan Dems rail on the harms of Trump’s tariffs on the state By Katherine Dailey Michigan Advance – 4/02/26
One year after President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” in which he announced heavy tariffs on countries around the world, Michigan Democrats are taking aim at the harms that those tariffs ...
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Elections Former Army lawyer who resigned because of Hegseth’s policies to run for office in Michigan By Richard Eberwein – 4/02/26
U.S. Army veteran Tom Turner announced his campaign for Michigan’s 57th House District seat on Tuesday after leaving a military position over disagreements with the Trump administration’s policies at the Department of Defense.
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Immigration With the Iowa State Patrol’s help, ICE is arresting truckers at weigh stations By Clark Kauffman Iowa Capital Dispatch – 3/26/26
Federal court records indicate U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are using interstate weigh stations in Iowa to arrest and detain drivers suspected of being in the United States ...
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Immigration Shelby County Republicans advance bills targeting handling of Memphis Safe Task Force cases By Cassandra Stephenson Tennessee Lookout – 3/26/26
Republican state lawmakers from Shelby County advanced two bills this week targeting the handling of court cases that result from arrests made by President Donald Trump’s Memphis federal task ...
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Immigration Bills to limit federal immigration actions move to full Michigan Senate along party lines By Katherine Dailey Michigan Advance – 3/25/26
The Michigan Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee passed two bills along party lines that would limit federal immigration actions in Michigan, specifically prohibiting ...
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Democracy Tennessee ICE raids and anti-immigration efforts continue to accelerate By Richard Eberwein – 3/25/26
Even though Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minneapolis and Chicago have captured national attention in recent months, Tennessee is embracing the Trump administration’s unprecedented war on immigrants in ways other states are not.
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Courts Minnesota sues Trump administration over access to evidence in shootings by federal agents By Max Nesterak Minnesota Reformer – 3/24/26
Minnesota prosecutors escalated their fight with the Trump administration over Operation Metro Surge on Tuesday, filing a lawsuit seeking to force the federal government to turn over evidence in the ...
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Elections Palantir-linked donations riddle Michigan Senate race, McMorrow returned the money By Richard Eberwein – 3/24/26
A Sunday report from Detroit News shows that three Michigan Senate candidates have accepted campaign donations from the tech company Palantir, which has a $30 million federal contract with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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