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Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right.
5 August 2026 at 17:59

Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right.

5 August 2026 at 17:59

By: Michelle Goldberg

Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.

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El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate Primary Win Sets Up the Left’s Biggest Test of the Fall
5 August 2026 at 17:08

El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate Primary Win Sets Up the Left’s Biggest Test of the Fall

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5 August 2026 at 17:08

By: Lisa Lerer

Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate candidacy poses a critical challenge for Democrats’ ascendant progressive wing: Can an insurgent candidate, with unabashedly liberal positions, win a general election in a moderate state?

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed greeting the audience at his election watch party in Detroit.

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Detroit Aims to Become Center of U.S. Drone Manufacturing
14 April 2026 at 09:02

Detroit Aims to Become Center of U.S. Drone Manufacturing

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14 April 2026 at 09:02

By: Farah Stockman and Sylvia Jarrus

The state, known for making cars, is spending millions to entice drone manufacturers that can bring new business to auto suppliers.

“Frankly, we wouldn’t be able to afford 420,000 square feet in downtown San Francisco,” said Keith Miao, the founder of Birdstop, a drone start-up in Detroit.

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Trump’s Trade and Tax Policies Start to Stall U.S. Battery Boom
16 June 2025 at 18:50

Trump’s Trade and Tax Policies Start to Stall U.S. Battery Boom

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16 June 2025 at 18:50

By: Rebecca F. Elliott

Battery companies are slowing construction or reconsidering big investments in the United States because of tariffs on China and the proposed rollback of tax credits.

Group14 Technologies, a start-up, slowed the construction of a battery materials factory in Moses Lake, Wash., after its customers in China balked at paying higher tariffs.

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Smoke From Wildfires in Canada Wafts Into the Upper Midwest
30 May 2025 at 18:57

Smoke From Wildfires in Canada Wafts Into the Upper Midwest

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30 May 2025 at 18:57

By: Christine Hauser

States across the border issued air advisories about particulate pollution that are expected to last for several days.

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Biden’s Gaza Challenge Will Persist, but Michigan May Have Been Unique
28 February 2024 at 21:54

Biden’s Gaza Challenge Will Persist, but Michigan May Have Been Unique

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28 February 2024 at 21:54

By: Reid J. Epstein， Jonathan Weisman and Nicholas Nehamas

Democratic unease with the president’s handling of the Mideast war will continue to trail him, but his allies hope that no other state on the primary calendar will present the same challenges.

President Biden faced a robust protest vote in Michigan over his administration’s policies toward Gaza and Israel.

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Arab American Fury Toward Biden
28 February 2024 at 20:30

Arab American Fury Toward Biden

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28 February 2024 at 20:30

By: Charles M. Blow

If alarms weren’t already sounding in the Biden campaign, now they have to be.

A Listen to Michigan volunteer near a polling place in Dearborn on Tuesday.

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Michigan Republicans Hold Disputed Vote to Remove Party Leader
7 January 2024 at 00:51

Michigan Republicans Hold Disputed Vote to Remove Party Leader

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7 January 2024 at 00:51

By: Nick Corasaniti and Neil Vigdor

The effort to oust the state’s controversial G.O.P. chair after infighting and financial troubles faces challenges from her allies and is likely headed to the courts.

Kristina Karamo, the Michigan Republican Party chairwoman, has faced challenges as the state party has dealt with infighting and financial issues.

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Trump Indictments Haven’t Sunk His Campaign, but a Conviction Might
6 November 2023 at 15:49

Trump Indictments Haven’t Sunk His Campaign, but a Conviction Might

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6 November 2023 at 15:49

By: Jonathan Swan， Ruth Igielnik and Maggie Haberman

Polls by The New York Times and Siena College show his strength in key swing states, in part because of concerns about President Biden’s age. But a conviction could be the difference in 2024.

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Fact Check: Trump on Electric Vehicles in Michigan
28 September 2023 at 20:35

Fact Check: Trump on Electric Vehicles in Michigan

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28 September 2023 at 20:35

By: Angelo Fichera

The former president campaigned in Michigan during a strike by autoworkers but resorted to misleading claims to make the case for his candidacy.

Former President Donald Trump at an event Wednesday with workers in Michigan, where he assailed President Biden’s policies embracing electric vehicles.