By Jon King | Editor-in-Chief
Quoted and Noted
“It is the circuit breaker in the system; we’ve got to flip that circuit breaker, and bring some accountability to this government.”
- Former President Barack Obama, speaking in Detroit Saturday about the importance of electing a Democratic congressional majority on Nov. 3.
President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally for U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers and gubernatorial candidate John James on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026 at McMorran Place Sports & Entertainment Center in Port Huron, Mich. (Photo by Ben Solis/Michigan Advance)
By Ben Solis
PORT HURON — President Donald Trump on Sunday held a rally in Port Huron to energize Michigan Republicans, spending a considerable amount of time in his speech attacking Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, launching into anti-Muslim rhetoric against the candidate in a bid to convince his base to show up and defeat him.
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Former President Barack Obama addresses supporters and Democrats at a rally held at Cass Technical High School on Oct. 24, 2026, in Detroit, Mich. (Photo by Ben Solis/Michigan Advance)
By Ben Solis
DETROIT — As pundits and commentators question whether Michigan’s Democratic Party base is unified ahead of the Nov. 3 general election, the party brought one of its most formidable communicators — former President Barack Obama — into the Great Lakes state on Saturday to energize voters for Abdul El-Sayed, Jocelyn Benson and the party’s entire 2026 slate.
Rita Loch-Caruso, a toxicologist and local activist, looks over the pond at West Park in Ann Arbor. Testing of the pond and stormwater underneath the park has found low levels of 1,4-dioxane. (Elinor Epperson)
By Etai Smotrich-Barr - Michigan Public
The manufacturing company Gelman Sciences will be required to take new steps to address its slowly expanding plume of groundwater contamination in and around Ann Arbor, under an agreement reached with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
What famous Michigander posed for the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine in 1942?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Friday's answer: Comedian Sinbad, who hit peak fame in the 80s & 90s, was born David Adkins in Benton Harbor.
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