"In accordance with FBI policy, the incident is subject to internal review, and I cannot comment further at this time," Detroit FBI spokeswoman Mara Schneider said. Trask has provided details in federal court about an alleged scheme to kidnap Whitmer in retaliation for her orders last year...
Michigan Gov.Gretchen Whitmer, who is becoming a leading voice in the Democratic Party,won reelection in the battleground state by double digitsin 2022. Whitmer, 52, has served as governor since 2019. Before that, she was a state representative and state senator. She emphasized abortion rights ...
Pritzker is one of several people whose names have been floated as the Democratic Party works to solidify their ticket in the 2024 race — including, aside from Harris, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Maryland Gov. Wes...
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who did not immediately endorse Harris on Sunday, released a statement and posted on X Monday that she was backing the vice president as the Democratic nominee. Let's win this,@KamalaHarris.pic.twitter.com/HNFFskANM5 ...
Christopher J. Devine, a political scientist at the University of Dayton in Ohio, said Whitmer “is appealing because she is an experienced, second-term governor who has been prominent on the national stage and by most accounts has performed quite well.” ...
“Freedom” is in fashion at the Democratic National Convention. And a lot of it has to do with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. Shapiro brought his stump speech, which he has dubbed “affirmative freedom” and used to bring crowds to their feet since his 2022 campaign for governor, ...
With early voting underway and two weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump is still trying to keep distance between himself and North Carolina's embattled Republican nominee for governor. Asked by POLITICO at a campaign stop on Monday whether he would urge voters here to still support Mark ...
There is also Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, who supported a successful ballot initiative to enact abortion protections and who enjoys a roughly 61% approval rating in a politically fractious swing state where a local militia plotted to kidnap her. ...
Thelongest prison sentenceshanded down so far in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D): Pete Musico, 12 years; Joe Morrison, 10 years; and Paul Bellar, seven years. Senate Passes Stopgap Spending Bill In a late-night vote, the Senateapproved a stopgap spending billto fun...
Whitmer issued a statement Monday endorsing Harris, andannouncedshe would co-chair the vice president's campaign. Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois Longtime Democrat J.B. Pritzker, 59, has been Illinois governor since 2019 and is now in his second term. He's been a strong voice on issues ...