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Trump’s DOJ demands California halt ballots to suspected noncitizens

The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding California not count ballots from voters it says are suspected noncitizens, a move by the Trump administration to apply last-minute pressure as voting begins in the midterm elections. The Justice Department on Tuesday gave California election officials 48 hours to remove…

Cooler temps today

Big change in temperatures. NEXT Weather Meteorologist Karen Carter tells us how much more these temperatures will drop.

Powered by spikes in energy prices, inflation surges to 3.7%

Inflation grew to a 3.7% annual rate in September, according to an Oct. 14 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.4% in August. In the last consumer price inflation report before midterm elections, with voters already fed up with higher prices, September’s number was the highest since May, when it…

Social Security benefits increase will hit 3.6% in 2027

WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday that recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2027. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will begin for 72 million Social Security beneficiaries in January. It will apply for Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, recipients…

How to talk about AIPAC without fueling antisemitism

Nothing is more important for Jewish safety here in Michigan and across the United States than a robust, healthy democracy. Yet, we have unlimited dark money flooding the airwaves with political ads, thanks to a Supreme Court that prioritizes corporations over people. As the leader of a national American Jewish…

Stateside: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026

What is life like for Lansing residents living on the streets amid a string of murders of unhoused men? Also, a conversation about how Michigan teaches elementary math, and what’s still needed to bring kids along. And two prominent Michigan candidates backed the Uncommitted movement in 2024: how are they handling…