Politics

Give a one-word reaction to the statement: "Gretchen Whitmer for vice president." Ever since her appearance at the Detroit Democratic presidential debate in July, Whitmer's name has managed to float onto the rumor mill of potential nominees for vice president.

Several Democratic presidential candidates on Sunday lined up to call for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the face of a new, uninvestigated, allegation of sexual impropriety when he was in college.

Top candidates shared the debate stage for the first time in the third debate of the Democratic presidential primary.

First name: Ima. Last name: Skaam. We guess that's a person. It's certainly an applicant for the Oakland County executive position, the one left vacant less than two weeks ago when its former occupant L. Brooks Patterson died from Pancreatic Cancer.

You've heard the national press's take on the candidates, you've read the reviews from local media on who is running for president, but what about voters? You know, the people who the 20 Democratic candidates were actually speaking to? We asked three students from Martin Luther King Junior High School what they were interested to learn more about. Now, the reviews are in.

At night two of the Democratic Debate in downtown Detroit, our city earned a few more mentions than night one, including a big one at the end. 

During Cory Booker's opening remarks about President Trump's Baltimore comments, a loud chant erupted from the crowd Wednesday.

Five Democratic governors of states in the Great Lakes region Monday urged the candidates in next year’s presidential election to support a plan for safeguarding their shared waters by boosting federal spending on treatment plants and environmental cleanups.

From Starbucks to McDonald's, companies and states are starting to ban single use plastics.