When asked by ABC News’ Jonathan Karl if he could have a working relationship with President Trump, Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed said he is “happy to meet with him, like I’ll meet with anyone, who can advance the goals I ran on.”

Energy affordability advocates believe the results of the election have laid the groundwork for new policy to advance through Lansing.

Yes, yes, yes, the Democrats slaughterized Republicans both in Michigan and nationally. Many congratulations to Governor-elect Jocelyn Benson and to my fellow Baron, U. S. Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed.

Several key Michigan Republicans said voters' national economic frustrations likely made the 2026 election impossible for them to win.

Democrats flipped more than 500 state legislative seats and won control of at least a dozen legislative chambers, establishing new governing trifectas in Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nevada.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said she would not fully back current Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to be the next majority leader when Democrats retake the majority in January. Slotkin told Politico that no single Democrat can claim credit for the party’s overall blue wave in the 2026 midterm elections, adding that she wouldn’t […]

Sayed, the first Muslim U.S. senator in American history. This is an extraordinary moment. But anyone seeking to understand how it happened must begin with the people who made it possible, especially Black Detroit,

The 2026 midterm elections delivered a solid blue wave for Democrats along with a new class of noticeably younger candidates across the board, beating out both new and incumbent senior opponents. Whether it was James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa in Texas, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, Annie Andrews in South Carolina, Melat Kiros in Colorado or Josh Turek in…

There was a blue tsunami in the midterms. Peer inside it and you see a few powerful forces: Artificial intelligence. MAHA. Trade. Israel. In our new issue, reporters went deep on how these became four of the biggest policy disputes that defined 2026. These issues divided voters between and within political parties, spurred the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars and scrambled campaigns all over the country from Iowa to Michigan to New York. Grab your pumpkin latte infused with collagen and topped off with raw milk — yes, that’s a real drink mentioned in our MAHA story — and read on.