Trump Administration

Local activists and residents are growing impatient as the U.S. military delays clean up at PFAs contamination sites in Oscoda and Grayling. Plus, a new proposal from the EPA aims to rollback regulations on the forever chemical.

Near the end of the event, two unidentified protesters began slamming plans to dramatically slash federal health care spending.

President Trump has tried to kill Food for Peace – the nation’s leading international food aid program. Farm state legislators restarted it at the USDA, and pending legislation would keep it there permanently. But experts worry about the fate of food aid at an agency with no humanitarian mandate.

Beginning in November, SNAP retailers across the U.S. will be required to stock more healthy foods. But experts say the change will ultimately leave federal food aid users with fewer options — especially in rural areas.

Consumers Energy originally planned to shut the West Michigan power plant down starting last year. But the Department of Energy has issued a series of orders forcing the plant to stay open.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a directive Thursday calling on state departments and agencies to compile information on the impact of tariffs on Michigan businesses and consumers before some of the orders were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson called the executive order, which tightens restrictions on mail-in voting, "illegal" and said she plans to fight it in court.

The third round of "No Kings" protests drew thousands of people to the state Capitol, and tens of thousands turned out to rallies around Metro Detroit.

A key waterway in the Middle East known the Straits of Hormuz is blocked off because of the war, which is preventing large amounts of oil, natural gas and nitrogen-based fertilizer to get through.

The vote in the U.S. House of Representatives fell mostly along party lines and failed by a handful of votes, 212-219.