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Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, the Republican nominee for governor, speaks about his prosecution of former sports doctor Larry Nassar on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, at the Kent County Republican Party headquarters in Grand Rapids, Mich.
In a stormy week, President Donald Trump blustered and distorted reality, denying massive deaths from a hurricane that scientists believe to be one of the nation's deadliest and blowing out of proportion U.S. economic growth and his role in spurring it. He's insisting the federal response to Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico last September, was "incredibly successful," even though blackouts there remain common and several forms of federal aid have been slow to arrive compared with past disasters.
Speaking Wednesday at Mill Steel Company, Vice President Mike Pence touted the economic impact of federal tax cuts, praised the Trump administration's efforts to bolster domestic steel production and paid tribute to late Amway co-founder Rich DeVos. "When it comes to small business America, when it comes to steel America, you have a champion in president Donald Trump," Pence said, later highlighting that Mill Steel doled out $1,000 bonuses to 400 employees following the passage of Republican-backed federal tax cuts in December.
According to the Grand Rapids Police Department, following a three-week manhunt for Norman Dennis Muhammad Jr., who was wanted for a parole absconding warrant and for questioning in the double murder of Germaine Brown and King Talbert on Jan. 17, Muhammad was captured on Feb. 9 at an apartment complex in the 4700 block of South Breton Court SE in Kentwood. The Grand Rapids Police Investigation Unit, along with members of the FBI Fugitive Task Force as well as Kentwood Police SRT units, participated in a planned search warrant at a specific apartment where it was believed Muhammad was staying.
At about 2:20 a.m. the morning after Election Day, Kellyanne Conway's cellphone rang. It was the Associated Press calling the 2016 presidential election for the ultimate political outsider, Donald J. Trump.
From the Associated Press - Pat Miles, a former U.S. attorney in western Michigan, is running for state attorney general in 2018. Miles is announcing his candidacy Thursday in Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit.
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.
Area beaches will be packed today as many enjoy this last unoffical day of Summer, but a Beach Hazard Statement will make conditions unpleasant. The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a Beach Hazard Statement along the lakeshore from St. Joseph to Manistee through Monday evening.
Loan danger: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has blocked an Obama administration rule that protected defrauded student borrowers- and has tapped a for-profit college executive to replace them. In 2006, Christina Hammond made a decision that she will regret for the rest of her life.
Arthur Vandenburg was a piece of work in his personal life, but on the public stage, he evolved to became one of the greatest bipartisan forces in the arena of foreign policy. America's patron saint for bipartisanship, Arthur Vandenberg, was far from saintly in his personal life.
DECEMBER 9: President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the DeltaPlex Arena, December 9, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. President-elect Donald Trump is continuing his victory tour across the country.
Betsy DeVos, selected for Education Secretary by President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally, in Grand Rapids, Mich. Democratic senators on Dec. 14, called DeVos to ensure that a political action committee she controlled pays $5.3 million in fines and penalties owed for campaign finance violations in Ohio eight years ago.
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah EDITS clip from the "Thank You" Rally in Grand Rapids, MI to ATTACK PEOTUS Trump- The original video of the rally, the one The Daily Show uses is from Tucker Carlson Tonight. At 44:10 Tucker Carlson Tonight video from Good News Daily youtube channel there is booing from the crowd when Trump mentions Hillary Clinton, along with Bill Clinton, and Barack and Michelle Obama, and their unexpected campaign trip to Michigan.
President-elect Donald Trump wants Michigan Republican Party Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel to be national party chairwoman, in part as a reward for the party carrying Michigan for the first time in 28 years. The choice of McDaniel to serve as Republican National Committee chairwoman was confirmed Tuesday night by a person familiar with Trump's decision.
The U.S. Capitol dome is pictured in the pre-dawn darkness in Washington in this file general view photo taken October 18, 2013. The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Friday to fund the government through April and sent it to President Barack Obama for signing into law, after Democrats who sought more generous healthcare benefits for coal miners stopped delaying action on the measure.
Republican President-elect Donald Trump is headed to Grand Rapids tonight for his first appearance in Michigan since winning the presidency. His last Michigan stop was the night before the election, where he held a last-minute rally in Grand Rapids with Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
America has healed before - or have we? USA TODAY asked three historians to consider other times when the USA was torn apart. Check out this story on pal-item.com: http://usat.ly/2gdDkdK How does a divided country come back together? Clinton supporters hope protests keep divisive issues front and center to prevent rhetoric from becoming policy.
In a new book, Megyn Kelly says Trump tried unsuccessfully to give her a fre... . President-elect Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016.