Who is John James? 7 things to know about Michigan's Senate candidate

A key Republican on Michigan's canvassing board could delay the certification of the state's election results for President-elect Joe Biden on Monday, according to reports.  Norman Shinkle, one of two Republicans on the four-member board, is given the duty of validating the will of Michigan voters ahead of the Electoral College vote on Dec. 14.

The latest attempt by the Republican Party to stop Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers from certifying the 2020 presidential election results was submitted Saturday in a letter requesting a two-week delay. A joint letter from the Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and Michigan GOP Chairman Laura Cox, urged the board to adjourn for 14 days to allow an in-depth audit to avoid the “distrust and sense of procedural disenfranchisement” from Michigan voters.

Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers should delay Monday’s planned certification of the state’s Nov. 3 election results, a prominent state Republican said Friday.

Michigan’s top two legislative leaders met at the White House Friday afternoon with President Trump and his legal team to discuss the president’s legal dispute to the vote count in their state.  Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield said in a statement following the meeting that they had not seen any evidence that would “change the outcome of the election” in Michigan but would continue a thorough review of the elections process.  “The candidates who

The two Republicans on Michigan’s Wayne County Board of Canvassers appeared on Fox News' “The Ingraham Angle” on Thursday to discuss county ballot discrepancies and what they described as a public bullying campaign that followed a brief deadlock to certify the vote. Monica Powell and William C.

The militia group accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer previously discussed taking over the state Capitol building and staging a weeklong series of televised executions of public officials, authorities said.  The plot was revealed by the Michigan Attorney General's Office during arguments against the release of Pete Musico, 42, one of eight men facing state terrorism charges in the case, WWMT-TV recently reported.

Kelly Stafford, the wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, went on a rant against Michigan’s latest coronavirus restrictions in an Instagram video on Thursday. Michigan Gov.

President Trump's reelection campaign said Thursday that it is dropping a lawsuit challenging voting results in Michigan, which show Democrat Joe Biden narrowly carrying the battleground state.

Sean Hannity accused citizens who teleconferenced into a meeting of the Wayne County (Mich.) Board of Canvassers this week of bullying and threatening two Republican members who initially refused to certify the county's vote totals. "You can't make this up," the "Hannity" host said of the callers.

Three Republican members of Michigan’s House of Representatives introduced a resolution for impeachment against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday, following the state’s plan to enforce new coronavirus-related restrictions.

Gonorrhea infections are increasing in Michigan, according to state health officials.  By the end of October, cases of gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease (STD), had surpassed those reported in 2019, the Detroit News reported, citing the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

A meeting scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in Lansing, Mich., that would have given the public the chance to ask questions about the 2020 election count has been canceled, and the state's certification board will meet on Monday to finalize the results. Wednesday’s meeting between the four members of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, consisting of two Democrats and two Republicans, was initially postponed from 9 a.m.

The Trump campaign and President Trump are criticizing Michigan's election certification process and Georgia's recount efforts as their legal battle continues in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against the campaign's post-election legal challenges, saying that the Philadelphia Board of Elections acted properly in its decision to regulate the positioning of election observers.

Election officials in Michigan’s largest county voted to certify election results on Tuesday night, ending a short-lived deadlock that could have delayed the state from confirming a victory for President-elect Joe Biden. The Wayne County Board of Canvassers voted 4-0 to certify results.

A restaurant group in Michigan has sued the state’s health department over new coronavirus restrictions in the state.  On Tuesday, the Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association filed a complaint against the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon after the department announced that restaurants and bars would not be allowed to offer indoor dining for the next three weeks.  The restaurant association, along with two other groups, filed the injunction in federal

President Trump’s supporters are pointing to a small Michigan county as evidence that vote-counting software used in the state may undercut Trump’s number of votes — as the Trump campaign fends off the appearance of inevitable defeat. Republicans point out that in northern Antrim County, thousands of votes were counted in error for Biden, and for Democratic Sen.

It’s (finally) a girl! A couple in Michigan with 14 sons welcomed their first daughter to the world this week.  Kateri Schwandt, 45, gave birth to Maggie Jayne on Thursday at Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan.The newest member of the Schwandt family weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces.  Maggie’s father Jay, 45, told the Detroit Free Press that he and Kateri “are overjoyed and beyond excited to add Maggie Jayne to our family.” “This year has been memorable in so many ways, for

With the presidential election still undecided, President Trump’s campaign has launched a flurry of lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada and Georgia.The suits raise a range of claims.These include the exclusion of observers from vote-counting rooms, voting by non-residents, and even the counting of votes listed as being cast by people who have died. But the case that could decide it all started weeks ago, and is currently waiting at the U.S.

The Trump campaign has filed multiple lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Nevada as the race remains increasingly tight -- seemingly in favor of a Democratic candidate Joe Biden win. Here’s a look at the lawsuits filed and what has happened since: The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit on Nov.