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President Donald Trump speech to announce new fighter jets to the Michigan National Guard0:17 well I guess they think we're going to 0:18 save this place and you know what 0:21 they're right 100% right we're going to 0:23 save it and make it better actually so 0:26 at ease everybody at ease enjoy yourself 0:28 sit down if you can if those are chairs 0:31 yeah they are in a sense thank you very 0:34 much it's an honor to be back in the 0:38 great state of Michigan and as you know 0:41 we had big victory in...

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — First came their much-analyzed Oval Office moment. Next, their subject-to-interpretation hug. The two interactions between President Donald Trump and a sometime antagonist, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, reflect the Democratic governor’s efforts to move past last year’s hard-fought campaign and find common ground with the Republican president — at risk of political backlash. Whitmer, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, shared a hug with Trump as he arrived in her home state on Tuesday, less than a month after she shielded her face from cameras during an Oval Office appearance alongside Trump. It’s typical for a governor...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is set to join President Trump during a Tuesday visit at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base in the Great Lakes State, the White House said. The appearance comes just a couple of weeks after Whitmer took heat from both sides of the aisle for a White House visit earlier this month, her second since the inauguration. After Trump brought the governor into the Oval Office during an executive order signing involving her state, a photo of Whitmer appearing to hide her face behind folders garnered ridicule and underscored the tough political terrain of the...

The planes landed on a four-lane stretch of Michigan State Highway M-32 The Michigan Air National Guard took off and landed multiple planes on a four-lane stretch of State Highway M-32 Thursday, which is the first time that modern combat aircraft have intentionally landed on a U.S. civilian road, the Selfridge base said. Part of M-32 near Alpena in the northwestern part of the state was closed down for the training exercise, which was dubbed "Thunder Landing Zone (LZ)." "Thunder LZ gave the pilots the opportunity to land in an austere environment that they’re not used to," U.S. Air Force...

I moved from Thailand back to the USA to get my daughter into US Schools to speak like an American. Since I almost completely distrust Government I elected to put her in Catholic Schools, unfortunately I do not have the temperament to handle preschoolers (i.e. Kindergarten). Since I detest hypocrites I re-joined the Catholic Church. Got her Baptized and I committed myself to the teachings (e.g. , Confession, Communion, lent, etc.) So for lent I gave up alcohol. And then waited for Holy Thursday to end my abstinence. Since I performed a successful lent I decided to end it with...

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Michigan (AP) -- A man with a history of mental illness was shot and killed after driving through a checkpoint at an Air National Guard Base and leading security on a high-speed chase, officials said Thursday.