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Trump nominates retired general John Abizaid as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia

November 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON — President Trump announced his intention to nominate retired general John Abizaid as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, after two years of the position being...

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U.S. imposes sanctions on Saudi officials for Khashoggi killing

November 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON — The United States imposed economic sanctions on 17 Saudi officials on Thursday for their role in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as Saudi...

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Stabenow defeats James, retains her seat in the U.S. Senate

November 11th, 20180 LANSING— Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow defeated her Republican challenger, John James, a 37-year-old Farmington Hills businessman, by the smallest margin...

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Rashida Tlaib wins U.S. House seat in landslide, defeats Jones’ write-in campaign

November 10th, 20180 DETROIT — 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....

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Donna Shalala second Lebanese American woman to enter Congress

November 9th, 20181 FLORIDA – Democratic candidate Donna Shalala won the seat vacated by retiring Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in Florida’s 27th Congressional District, with 51.7...

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For Democrats, U.S. House win moves Pelosi back to center stage

November 9th, 20180 WASHINGTON — Now that the Democrats have won control of the U.S. House of Representatives, they need to choose a leader and that means solving one of their toughest...

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Here are some facts about this midterm elections

November 6th, 20180 Control of both houses of the U.S. Congress and 36 state governorships are at stake in Tuesday’s elections, which are widely viewed as a referendum on Republican...

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Trump agenda at stake as voters decide control of U.S. Congress

November 6th, 20180 WASHINGTON - 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...

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Trump targets U.S. birthright citizenship as elections loom

November 4th, 20180 WASHINGTON — With congressional elections a week away, President Trump said on Tuesday that he'll seek to scrap the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of...

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Mysterious deaths of Saudi sisters found bound with duct tape in Hudson River

November 2nd, 20180 NEW YORK — New York City investigators believe that the two sisters from Saudi Arabia whose bodies were found bound together with duct tape floating along the Hudson...

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Research: New vehicle technologies double repair bills for minor collisions

November 2nd, 20180 DEARBORN — According to new research from AAA, vehicles equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) such as automatic emergency braking, blind spot...

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Suspicious packages target Trump critics

October 29th, 20180 WASHINGTON - At least 10 suspicious packages have been sent to eight U.S. Democrats and critics of President Trump. None of the devices exploded, but authorities...

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Pentagon may send troops to U.S.-Mexico border to stop migrant caravan

October 26th, 20180 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may send up to 1,000 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to stop a caravan of migrants, administration officials said on...

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U.S. lawmakers consider bill to ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia

October 26th, 20180 WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday that would stop most U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia...

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Almost half residents in America’s largest cities speak a foreign language

October 26th, 20180 WASHINGTON - Newly released Census Bureau data for 2017 shows nearly half (48.2 percent) of residents in America's five largest cities now speak a language other than...

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Basic requirement for green card has changed — and it helps legal immigrants

October 26th, 20180 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has updated a key requirement to obtain a green card effective Nov. 1. The policy changes announced this...

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Here is why U.S. courts abruptly tossed 9,000 deportation cases

October 22nd, 20180 Liliana Barrios was working in a California bakery in July and facing possible deportation when she got a call from her immigration attorney with some good news. The...

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Bill Ford cancels plan for Saudi investor event following Khashouggi’s disappearance

October 19th, 20180 NEW YORK — JP Morgan & Chase Company Chief Executive Jamie Dimon and Ford Motor Company Chairman Bill Ford canceled plans to attend a Saudi investor conference,...

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It’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

October 19th, 20180 October is spooky enough with its ghouls and goblins. National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is here to remind us how to stay safe and secure from real (and maybe even...

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California school district has contract with firm linked to ICE

October 16th, 20181 A small school district in affluent Marin County in California, serving about 2,000 youngsters in the bucolic West Marin towns of Fairfax and San Anselmo, has contracted...

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Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court of divided U.S.A.

October 6th, 20180 WASHINGTON - A deeply divided U.S. Senate on Saturday confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, as Republicans dismissed accusations of sexual misconduct against...

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Survey finds only one in three Americans can pass U.S. Citizenship Test

October 4th, 20180 PRINCETON N.J. — According to a national survey released Wednesday by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, just one in three Americans can pass a...

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U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell proposes legislation to fight scam phone calls

October 4th, 20180 WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) introduced legislation to give the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) tools to combat scam calls targeting vulnerable...

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Rashida Tlaib, Abdul El-Sayed arrested at Fight for $15 rally in Detroit

October 2nd, 20180 DETROIT — During a pro-labor rally in Detroit Tuesday afternoon, Rashida Tlaib, the expected replacement for former U.S. Rep. John Conyers and Abdul El-Sayed, former...

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Pentagon: U.S.-led fight against ISIS killed over 1,100 civilians

September 30th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 1,100 civilians have been killed in U.S.-led strikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in 2014, the U.S....

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Federal court blocks Arizona anti-BDS law

September 30th, 20180 PHOENIX — On Thursday, Sept. 27, a federal court blocked an Arizona law that requires state contractors to certify that they won't boycott Israel, finding that the law...

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Amidst community hopes and fears, Dayton races to prepare for Census 2020

September 28th, 20180 Dayton, OH — The city that gave America and the world aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright and their friend, poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, is still ahead of the...

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U.S. senators seek clampdown on Saudis over Yemen, journalist’s murder