Nov 21 In Dearborn, Arab and Muslim Americans share their hopes and fears for a new president By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang As leaders reflect on the election outcome and what happens next, we asked Muslim and Arab American voters about how they felt after the election. Continue reading
Nov 18 Some Arab Americans who voted for Trump say they are concerned about his picks for key positions By Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press Some Arab Americans are expressing concern over Donald Trump's picks for key positions in his next administration. Continue reading
Nov 11 Trump breaks Republican losing streak in nation’s largest majority-Arab city By Joey Cappelletti, Mike Householder, Associated Press Trump had focused on Arab American voters after local leaders for months warned Democratic officials about anger in the community over the Biden-Harris administration's handling of the Israel-Hamas war. Continue reading
Nov 06 Slotkin wins Michigan Senate seat By News Desk Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, defeated Republican Mike Rogers to become Michigan’s next U.S. senator, The Associated Press reports. Slotkin has been representing Michigan in the U.S. House since 2019. Continue reading
Nov 06 Democrat Elissa Slotkin wins Michigan’s open Senate seat, defeating the GOP’s Mike Rogers By Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press Slotkin and other Michigan Democrats focused much of their campaigns on reproductive rights, arguing that Republican opponents would back a national abortion ban, although Rogers said he wouldn't. Continue reading
Nov 06 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Michigan By Associated Press Former President Donald Trump won Michigan on Wednesday, reclaiming the battleground state and its 15 electoral votes for the Republicans after Joe Biden flipped it in 2020 on his way to the White House. Continue reading
Nov 06 Trump wins Michigan, flipping another state that Biden won By News Desk Donald Trump wins Michigan, according to The Associated Press. The win gives Trump 15 electoral votes, and also punctures Democrats’ “blue wall” of states that, since 1992, has consistently voted for the party’s presidential nominee – except for 2016, when… Continue reading
Nov 06 Democrats still ‘optimistic’ as ‘Blue Wall’ tally continues By Adam Kemp As former President Donald Trump’s electoral vote count climbs past 230, the Kamala Harris campaign remains “optimistic” that a path to victory is still possible. PBS News Hour’s Laura Barrón-López reported live from the Harris watch party at Howard University… Continue reading
Nov 05 Michigan Muslim leaders are split on presidential endorsements By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang More than 310,000 people of Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) ancestry call Michigan home, according to 2020 census data, and there are more than 200,000 Muslim American voters in the state, according to Emgage, including many Asian, Arab, and… Continue reading
Nov 05 Polls will close in Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin at 9 p.m. By News Desk All eyes are on the key battleground states of Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin as polls in these states are set to close at 9 p.m. EST. Polls will also close in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota,… Continue reading