Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to Michigan next week for a campaign stop. His campaign announced that he will be at Avflight Saginaw near Freeland on May 1. It's his third stop in Michigan this election year; he visited in February and earlier this month. The visit was announced as Trump's hush money trial is happening in New York. The trip is on a Wednesday, which is typically an off-day for the trial. The campaign rally is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. and doors open at 2 p.m. To register for the rally, visit event.donaldjtrump.com ..read more

For the first time in history, prosecutors will present a criminal case against a former American president to a jury Monday as they accuse Donald Trump of a hush money scheme aimed at preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. A 12-person jury in Manhattan is set to hear opening statements from prosecutors and defense lawyers in the first of four criminal cases against the presumptive Republican nominee to reach trial. The statements are expected to give jurors and the voting public the clearest view yet of the allegations at the heart of the case, as well as in ..read more

Democratic lawmakers are hoping to win back a majority in the deadlocked Michigan House and regain control of the state government in two special elections on Tuesday. Democrat Mai Xiong is taking on Republican Ronald Singer in District 13, while Peter Herzberg, a Democrat, faces Republican Josh Powell in District 25. Both districts are located just outside Detroit and are heavily Democratic, with the previous Democratic incumbents each having won by over 25 percentage points in 2022. The lower chamber has been tied 54-54 between Democratic and Republican lawmakers since November, when two Dem ..read more

A high-profile political photographer, David Hume Kennerly, resigned from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Board of Trustees this week after the committee decided not to honor Congresswoman Liz Cheney with an award. Kennerly said this move is fueled by fear of retaliation from former President Donald Trump. Ford Presidential Foundation trustee resigns after board declines to honor Liz Cheney "Today, I am resigning from the Gerald R. Ford board as a trustee. If the foundation that bears the name of Gerald R. Ford won't stand up to this real threat to our democracy, who will?" Those we ..read more

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will detail her rapid ascent in Democratic politics in a book out this summer, a move that will undoubtedly spark fresh speculation about her potential presidential ambitions. True Gretch is scheduled for release July 9 and a book announcement provided to The Associated Press promises insights into Whitmers five-year tenure as Michigans governor. It will include a behind-the-scenes look at how she navigated the COVID-19 pandemic, became the target of a kidnapping plot and continually clashed with former President Donald Trump. The book also will highlight her rol ..read more

Dueling political billboards appeared on Michigan highways Tuesday, showing both support and criticism for former President Trump. A billboard by MAGA Michigan PAC in support of Trumps message reads: Support a strong border... Oppose sanctuary status in Kent County... And no more illegal immigrant murders in our backyard." That billboard was put up just outside Grand Rapids. Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee raised three billboards one near Coopersville, one near Wayland and one in Comstock Park blaming the border problem on Trump, asserting he and MAGA Republicans shot down a bipa ..read more

Former President Donald Trumps campaign stopped by West Michigan Tuesday afternoon to speak to a room full of law enforcement officials. Dozens of people filed into a convention area at DeVos Performance Hall in downtown Grand Rapids for what the campaign called a "closed event" to offer remarks on "Bidens Border Bloodbath." The audience was made up of law enforcement officials and other invited guests. Trump took the stage just after 2:50 p.m. Tuesday. Watch the full rally here: FULL RALLY: Donald Trump speaks in Grand Rapids about border concerns, murder of Ruby Garcia He was joined by a num ..read more

Former president Trump is coming to Grand Rapids on Tuesday, April 2, to speak at DeVos Place downtown. Immigration is already a key issue in the 2024 presidential election. Trump's visit comes shortly after an undocumented immigrant was charged with murder in Kent County. Brandon Ortiz-Vite, a Mexican citizen, is accused of fatally shooting the woman he was dating, 25-year-old Ruby Garcia. Authorities say Ortiz-Vite is in the U.S. illegally. Four years ago he was deported to Mexico, but later returned. In a statement, Michigan GOP Chair Pete Hoekstra said the following: "West Michigan is not ..read more

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to make a visit to West Michigan next week. MIGOP Chair Pete Hoekstra announced Trump will deliver remarks at DeVos Place on Tuesday, April 2 at 2:30 p.m. Hoekstra notes Trump's visit comes days after an illegal immigrant was charged for the murder of a Grand Rapids woman on US-131. He released the following statement: West Michigan Suburban families are now facing the fact that the worst issues of the Southern Border have now made their way into our backyard. This is now the second murder by an illegal immigrant in the last year in Kent County. One i ..read more

Following the State of the Union, Political Strategist, John Sellek offers analysis of the speech and the state of the Presidential race ..read more