A woman from Guatemala says she and her two U.S.-born children were held for nearly a week by customs agents in Detroit after a phone app’s directions to the nearest Costco led them to an international bridge connecting the city to Canada.

The House has voted to overturn a rule that would have limited bank overdraft fees to $5, following the Senate in moving to dismantle the Biden-era regulation that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had estimated would save consumers billions of dollars.

“We’re here to say, not on our watch! We’re going to protect our neighbors,” U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., said as immigration advocates took to the streets of southwest Detroit on Wednesday.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib and other local leaders held a press conference Wednesday urging residents to know their rights as immigration enforcement has ramped up across the country.

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib will continue to serve in Michigan’s U.S. House District 12, the Associated Press projects.

Republican Donald Trump won North Carolina, capturing one of the seven heavily contested battlegrounds while votes in six other swing states are still being counted.

The 2024 General Election will be held on Nov. 5. You can find results for Michigan U.S. House race between Hillary Scholten and Paul Hudson here.

Do you ever wonder when you shop how does that particular store use technology to track you, to set prices, to determine shopping patterns?

A town hall was held Wednesday to answer questions about the radioactive waste headed for a Wayne County landfill.

Every day, millions of people stream music on Spotify.

Last week, Local 4 told you about the new plans to bring part of the "Manhattan Project," where the atomic bomb was created in the state of New York, to a landfill in Wayne County.

The “Squad,” a group of progressive lawmakers in the House, is set to shrink next year after two members suffered primary defeats after an unprecedented deluge of special interest spending.

Some Arab American leaders in Michigan are expressing cautious optimism about Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign after months of outrage over President Joe Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war.

Wayne State University in Detroit has suspended in-person classes and encouraged staff to work remotely.

More than 20 progressive groups are coming together to forcefully reject pro-Israel groups’ efforts to primary challenge liberal members who've been critics of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.

Hundreds of people came out for Friday night's third annual Hamtramck vs Dearborn charity basketball game.

Dearborn and two other Michigan cities with large Arab and Muslim populations turned against President Joe Biden in the state’s primary after Democratic leaders there warned for months that voters were angry about his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.

Dissatisfied Democratic primary voters in Michigan have cast enough protest votes to deny President Joe Biden two of the state’s 117 delegates.

The “uncommitted” campaign protesting President Joe Biden in Michigan has enough primary election votes to win two delegates.

The Associated Press declared President Joe Biden the winner of Michigan’s Democratic primary based on an analysis of initial vote returns as the incumbent continues to roll toward renomination.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are strong favorites to win the Michigan primaries on Tuesday, but there are complications on both sides.

A group of progressive lawmakers are fighting back against a multimillion-dollar campaign to push them out of Congress for their vocal opposition to Israel's deadly bombardment of Gaza after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.

Legislatures returning to session in states across the U.S. early in 2024 will consider condemning the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel — and some could take even bigger steps.

The city of Dearborn was awarded $24.8 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve safety along its busy Warren Avenue corridor.

Earlier this month, Nasser Beydoun claimed a businessman offered him $20 million to drop out of that race and challenge Representative Rashida Tlaib instead.

The Jordan River winds for 200-plus miles to the east of Israel and the occupied West Bank, while the Mediterranean glitters to the west.

House censures Rep. Rashida Tlaib over her rhetoric about Israel, rebuking the only Palestinian American in Congress.

The House has voted to censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan for her rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war.

Members of Metro Detroit's Jewish community have called on Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib to walk back her defense of the slogan "From the river to the sea" as an "Aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence."

A video posted by U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan has caused widespread criticism, with some saying it's offensive to the Jewish community.

As Israel continues to bombard Gaza in its now weekslong campaign against Hamas, which has killed thousands of civilians, U.S. Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib is accusing President Joe Biden of supporting what she calls the genocide of Palestinians.

Most members of Congress have stood firmly behind Israel since the Hamas attack, but not Cori Bush.

The House has rejected an effort to censure Democratic Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, scrapping a Republican attempt to condemn the only Palestinian-American in Congress over her recent rhetoric around the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Many top Michigan Democrats, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, took part in a huge pro-Israel rally near Detroit after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on the country.

Since 2013, the Big Three made $250 billion in North American profits and in the first six months of 2023, they made $21 billion. Workers and the union representing them said they want their fair share.

The White House is taking on “junk fees,” those extra charges tacked on to plane tickets, hotel rooms, hospital bills and more.

Israel's president sought to reassure Congress about the state of Israel’s democracy and the strength of the U.S.-Israel relationship.

The Nest is up and running in Romulus, and soon, even more, resources will be available to help people looking to start or expand their business in the city.

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans held a news conference Friday alongside U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell and Rashida Tlaib about hazardous materials sent to Michigan.

Michigan leaders were making the case to bring a new air force mission to Selfridge Air Base in a series of new letters to the Air Force.

Southwest Airlines is aiming to get back on track Friday after four days in a row of mass cancellations.

It's a move to raise wages for restaurant workers and improve their working conditions and benefits.

A Melvindale man is headed back to American soil Wednesday after being detained in the middle east for over a month.

New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries has been elected House Democratic leader and will become in the new year the first Black American to lead a major political party in Congress.

United States representative from Michigan Rashida Tlaib has won re-election in the state’s newly-drawn 12th congressional district, defeating Republican opponent Steven Elliot.

Here’s where you can find Michigan general election results for Michigan U.S. House District 12 (Tlaib vs. Elliott) on Nov. 8, 2022.

A man has been charged in connection with a “very bizarre” Southfield chase that began with reports of a woman being kidnapped and ended with two people being found in separate garbage cans.

Southfield police said a “very bizarre” chase ended with a driver and a woman previously thought to be a kidnapping victim both hiding from officers in separate garbage cans.

Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota won a closer-than-expected Democratic primary race against a centrist challenger who questioned Omar's support for the “defund the police” movement.

A major change for one of the blackest cities in the country; potentially no African American voice to represent the city of Detroit.

State Rep. Shri Thanedar has won Michigan’s 13th Congressional Democratic primary, topping a field of nine candidates in a district that covers most of Detroit and a number of surrounding suburbs.

Michigan U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has advanced in her re-election bid in Michigan’s 12th Congressional district.

You can track results for the 12th U.S. Congressional District in Michigan below.

Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer, who witnessed the Capitol riot days after taking office in 2021 and then cast one of the 10 Republican votes to impeach Donald Trump over the attack, has lost his reelection bid.

Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer, who witnessed the Capitol riot days after taking office in 2021 and then cast one of the 10 Republican votes to impeach Donald Trump over the attack, has lost his reelection bid.

The Cannabis Caucus of the Michigan Democratic Party announced on Thursday the passing of chairperson Zahra Abbas.

Primary elections are being held in six states on Tuesday.

Redistricting has turned the political world upside down for many of the offices to represent Metro Detroit residents.

Michigan Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Andy Levin were arrested after a protest for abortion rights outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.

A federal court judge sentenced a former Trump supporter to three years probation for an emailed threat to kill Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and three other congresswomen.

The federal government is taking preliminary steps toward revising racial and ethnic classifications that haven't been changed in a quarter century following calls for better categories for how people identify themselves in federal data gathering.

Metro Detroit leaders and the community came together for a vigil Friday (May 27) in Southwest Detroit to honor those 21 people who were killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

$2 million will be used to turn a once-vacant lot in Southwest Detroit into an urban paradise that will benefit families from three different cities.

On Wednesday, Local 4 reached out to every Michigan lawmaker in Congress and asked them an open question about the shooting trend.

After a two year pandemic pause, Arab American Service Day returned to the Metro Detroit area, with hundreds of volunteers showing up to serve.

More than a hundred people rallied outside the Federal Courthouse in Detroit to advocate for a woman’s right to choose.

President Joe Biden sat through many State of the Union speeches as a senator and vice president.

Janice Winfrey, the elected clerk in Detroit, said she will challenge U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib in the summer Democratic primary.

As thousands of Metro Detroit residents continue to get tested for COVID, there’s renewed concern over insurance companies attempting to bill patients for tests that are supposed to be free.

Two more House Democrats have announced they won't be seeking reelection in November.

The annual freedom walk in Westland this morning, likely no real difference from the many events to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

If the newly redrawn Michigan political maps withstand legal challenges, it means Metro Detroit will have an open Congressional seat -- which is likely to bring in a gold rush of candidates.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib says she will seek reelection in a new Detroit-area seat created through redistricting, an announcement that came hours after fellow Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence said she will retire from Congress.

Michigan U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib says she will run for re-election in the new 12th Congressional District created by the redistricting committee.

Despite months of being courted and cajoled, Sen. Joe Manchin is still not a yes on President Joe Biden's big $2 trillion domestic package.

Conservative congresswoman Lauren Boebert has spoken by phone with congresswoman Ilhan Omar just days after likening the Minnesota Democrat to a bomb-carrying terrorist.

Minnesota's Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is calling on House leaders to take “appropriate action" against Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert for using anti-Muslim language in describing a recent encounter with Omar.

State Rep. Shri Thanedar, who ran for governor in 2018, plans to run for a congressional seat that is likely to include much of Detroit.

It’s big, messy and complicated as the Democratic leaders in Congress try to muscle President Joe Biden’s sweeping domestic policy package into law.

Some experts believe the 2020 count could be the worst undercount in nearly 70 years.

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Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib has questions for U.S. Customs and Border Protection that she claims are going unanswered.

In the end, the bill passed 420 to 9 with two present votes.

The House has overwhelming passed legislation to provide funding for Israel’s missile defense system.

"At no time have they gave us any indication that the residents were in danger."

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State officials said there’s no threat to the public, but residents disagree.

In its new report, the Michigan ACLU accuses the Michigan Branch of Customs and Border Protection of “blatant racial profiling” and making people of Latino or Hispanic descent a “primary suspect.”

New census data shows declining populations in rural areas and some Rust Belt cities, which could make them targets during redistricting for the U.S. House.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who is fully vaccinated, was seen dancing without a mask at a packed wedding at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn.

Congressional leaders and a media advocacy organization are urging the Federal Communications Commission to investigate how policy decisions have disparately harmed Black Americans and other communities of color, according to a letter sent Tuesday to the acting FCC chair.

President Joe Biden spoke with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu six times over nine days as the U.S. pressed a flurry of diplomatic efforts to try to quell the furious fighting between Israel and Hamas.

A year before her election to Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene searched for Rep_ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at her Capitol office, challenging the New York Democrat to “get rid of your diaper” and “talk to the American citizens.”.

Slow mail delivery has been a problem for months in Metro Detroit.

“Look, I’m not an advocate for bad police, I demonstrated time and again,” Craig said. “I hold bad police accountable, but the vast majority of our men and women do it right.”

Local leaders across Metro Detroit are weighing in on the speculation that Detroit police chief James Craig is retiring and might be eyeing a run for Governor.

“We are on the way to a recovery," said Rep. Haley Stevens.

“You’re not saying that you do not support police officers when you call for police reforms. We all agree that there needs to be more training. I absolutely do believe that we need police reform, but for people to take it out of context and talk about how that also means to basically eliminate police departments, that’s lunacy,” said Commissioner Jonathan C. Kinloch.

"Listen, this country is a big country, we all have our opinions, we all have our thoughts ," DNC Chair Jaime Harrison said. “You can’t begrudge anybody for what they believe and how they believe.”

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