Democrats Slam Senate Budget: ‘It will go down in history as…

Moments after the Senate passed a massive fiscal year 2018 budget with only Republican votes, Democrats slammed the resolution and it's pathway towards passing a GOP tax reform plan. This nasty and backwards budget green lights cuts to Medicare and Medicaid in order to give a tax break to big corporations and the wealthiest Americans.

Upton considers Senate run as GOP seeks Stabenow challenger

In this My 3, 2017, file photo, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., left, speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, following a meeting with President Donald Trump on health care reform. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore.

Iraq War veteran seeks Michigan Senate seat

Republican John James, a political newcomer who flew Army helicopters in the Iraq War and now runs an automotive supply chain and logistics business in Detroit, said Thursday he is running for U.S. Senate. He is the second candidate in the GOP primary field, joining former state Supreme Court Justice Bob Young after another business executive, Lena Epstein, left the race this week to seek a House seat instead.

Great Lakes funding included in U.S. House federal budget bill

Funding for Great Lakes restoration was approved by the U.S. House Thursday as part of its $1.2 trillion spending plan for the federal government next year. The $300 million in funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which houses annual spending for Great Lakes toxic sediment removal and invasive species management through the Environmental Protection Agency, was included despite efforts from President Donald Trump's administration to cut funding for the program entirely.

Kid Rock opens Detroit arena with no political announcement

In the end, the political aspirations of musician Kid Rock were not laid bare Tuesday night before thousands of screaming fans when the rocker performed the first of six concerts at a new sports arena in Detroit. For much of the summer, the Detroit-area native has teased a Republican run for the U.S. Senate.

Kid Rock Rips New York Post and Al Sharpton in Facebook Rant,…

On Monday, the rockstar and aspiring senator trashed a New York Post article and Al Sharpton, among others, and called Detroit's Sam Riddle "a piece of sh criminal." Rock's public relations rep gave select media - including TheWrap - a heads-up that "a statement regarding the recent controversies being reported in the news" would be coming this morning.

Kid Rock Delivers Politically Charged Tirade In Michigan Show

The rock star was performing in Grand Rapids, Michigan when he addressed white supremacists and the Black Lives Matter movement. Controversial American star Kid Rock threw some more fuel into his supposed run for the Senate by launching into a wide-ranging political tirade during a concert in Michigan.

Lobbyists Push GOP to Repeal Obamacare Fees in Tax Overhaul

Senate Finance Chairman Orrin G. Hatch, seen here with Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow wants to look at a possible repeal of the 2010 health care law's taxes as part of a larger tax package. The Republican effort to repeal President Barack Obama's signature health care law may have stalled, but lobbyists are pushing the GOP to continue to target the provisions the industry most despises: the law's taxes.

Ted Nugent Blasts Michigan GOP: ‘Kid Rock Ain’t Running for Squat’

Legendary rocker Ted Nugent on Wednesday blasted the "goofball" in the Michigan Republican Party who started the rumor that Kid Rock was going to run for the U.S. Senate. Nugent put to rest any notion that Bob Ritchie - a.k.a Kid Rock - was going to run against Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the Democrat up for re-election in 2018.

Kid Rock forms new nonprofit to register voters, further exploring Senate run

Musician Kid Rock announced Wednesday that he has formed a nonprofit to promote voter registration ahead of his possible bid for a Senate run in 2018. Robert James Ritchie , who goes by Kid Rock, posted on his personal website that he will make another announcement in six weeks or so, but in the meantime his goal is to get more people registered.

Michigan U.S. Sens. Stabenow, Peters request meeting with Trump

U.S. Sens. Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow are asking for a meeting with President Donald Trump to talk about jobs and ways to end outsourcing. Peters, D-Bloomfield Twp., and Stabenow, D-Lansing, wrote a joint letter to Trump in response to his "Made in America" theme week, encouraging him to work with Congress and asking him to meet with them to come up with a plan to promote U.S. jobs and manufacturing.

Senators want more funding for US maple producers

A group of senators including Maine's Angus King is asking for at least $5 million in federal money to support maple syrup producers around the U.S. King, an independent, is joining with Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy , Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow and others on the request. The senators say the Acer Access and Development Program helps maple syrup producers increase production, but President Donald Trump didn't include funding for it in his budget proposal.

Michigan Vietnam vet is Trump’s 1st Medal of Honor recipient

This 1969 photo provided by James McCloughan shows him with the former Army medic, right, with a platoon interpreter in Nui Yon Hill in Vietnam. An Army spokeswoman said Tuesday that McCloughan, who saved the lives of 10 soldiers during the Battle of Nui Yon Hill in May 1969 in Vietnam, will become the first person to be awarded the nation's highest military honor by President Donald Trump.