A pro-life group challenged a Detroit ordinance creating a speech buffer zone around abortion facilities, arguing that the city’s policy violates the First Amendment.
The group Sidewalk Advocates for Life sued Detroit in federal court on Wednesday over an ordinance it passed instituting a 15 foot buffer zone around all abortion facilities where pro-life advocates cannot enter. The ordinance also creates an eight foot floating buffer within 100 feet of an abortion facility for any client.
“The Ordinance, which is enforceable through criminal penalties, violates the Free Speech, Free Exercise, and Freedom of Assembly Clauses of the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as well as the Michigan Constitution,” said the <a href="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63d954d4e4ad424df7819d46/69bb229374c5d96c3dd7e4c6_DE%201-Complaint_SAFL%20v%20City%20of%20Detroit.pdf">lawsuit</a>, which was filed by the Thomas More Society.
Kevin Hammer, a member of Sidewalk Advocates, said that the ordinance bans him from handing out pro-life literature while holding a sign reading “Ask Me About Free Ultrasounds and Pregnancy Tests” outside of the Scotsdale Women’s Center in Detroit, Michigan.
“Our Sidewalk Advocates stand on public sidewalks offering a gentle word and information to women who are willing to receive it—that is what this ordinance criminalizes,” said Lauren Muzyka, the president and CEO of Sidewalk Advocates for Life.
The suit points out that a recent <a href="https://adflegal.org/case/brown-v-city-pittsburgh/">decision</a> from the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a similar ordinance implemented by Pittsburgh. The court said that the buffer zone ordinance was overly burdensome on free speech.
Detroit’s ordinance was passed in 2024 and <a href="https://mcclibraryfunctions.azurewebsites.us/api/ordinanceDownload/10649/1365639/pdf">says</a> that “no person, within a 100-foot radius of any entrance door to a healthcare facility, shall knowingly approach within eight feet of another person for the purpose of passing a leaflet or handbill to, displaying a sign to, or engaging in oral protest, education or counseling with such other person in the public right-of-way unless such other person consents.”
The suit says that this stipulation substantially burdens speech and does not serve a compelling government interest.
“This ordinance does not protect anyone,” said Thomas More Society head of litigation Peter Breen. “It makes it a crime to stand on a public sidewalk and offer a woman a choice. The government cannot wall off the public square so that women never hear they have alternatives to abortion.”

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All Jewish organizations in the Detroit area were advised to enter “lockout protocol” amid reports of an active shooter at a synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.
&#8220;We are aware of a security incident at Temple Israel. We are advising all Jewish organizations to go into lockout protocol &#8211; nobody in or out of your building. More information to follow,” the Jewish Federation of Detroit advised in a statement.
Reports indicate that a car slammed into the temple, after which the driver exchanged fire with security before being killed. The suspect, who reportedly attempted to set off an explosive device, is dead, law enforcement confirmed to The Daily Wire. 
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told people to shelter in place for at least a mile around the temple while law enforcement secures the scene. He said that “nobody at the moment has been confirmed to be hurt except potentially the shooter.”
“We&#8217;re looking to see if there&#8217;s more than one person, we&#8217;re still trying to figure that out, we&#8217;re trying to get access to the video at the moment,” he said, adding they were trying to confirm there were no assailants on foot.
Bouchard said that parents are looking to reunite with their kids at the local Jewish Center.
“It&#8217;s going to be secured by law enforcement, so no fear there. If you have nothing to do with the situation, don&#8217;t go there,” he said. He also said that there would be extra security in place at Jewish facilities in the area.
“All Jewish facilities in the area are going to have a lot of extra presence around it until we figure this out,” he said.
The FBI is also on the scene.
“FBI personnel are on the scene with partners in Michigan and responding to the apparent vehicle ramming and active shooter situation out of Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan,” FBI Director Kash Patel said.

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Two officers with the Detroit Police Department were suspended without pay for 30 days on Thursday for calling Customs and Border Protection agents on two separate occasions that resulted in the agents taking suspects into federal custody.
A Detroit Police sergeant and officer were accused by Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison of breaking department policy when they called Border Patrol agents during traffic stops on December 16 and February 9, ABC&#8217;s Detroit affiliate WXYZ <a href="https://www.wxyz.com/news/dpd-officer-sergeant-could-be-fired-after-calling-cbp-on-traffic-stops">reported</a>. Bettison pushed to fire the officers, but the Board of Police Commissioners voted on Thursday to suspend the cops without pay. The officers were initially suspended with pay on February 12.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement <a href="https://x.com/ICEgov/status/2024856403232403816">responded</a> to the development and told the suspended officers in a post on X, &#8220;We have a place for you, patriots.&#8221; Under its message, ICE posted the link to where people can apply to work for the agency.
While Detroit has not officially declared itself a &#8220;sanctuary city&#8221; for illegal immigrants, it effectively acts as on as the police are prohibited from cooperating with federal immigration agents. During the incident earlier this month, Detroit Police sergeant Denise Wallet was called to assist an officer who was dealing with a person who could not speak English. According to Chief Bettison, the sergeant called Border Patrol to help with translation services instead of using the police department&#8217;s translation service line.
Wallet, who has been with the department for 27 years, sued the city after she was suspended. In a complaint, Wallet said that she contacted Border Patrol simply to identify the suspect, &#8220;not to enforce immigration law or to inquire into the subject’s immigration status,&#8221; Michigan Advance <a href="https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/20/detroit-cop-who-called-border-patrol-sues-city-to-keep-her-job-says-she-did-not-violate-policy/#:~:text=Currently%2C%20Detroit%20Police%20Department's%20policy,for%20translation%20services%20during%20stops.">reported</a>. Wallet&#8217;s action was discovered by the police department during a bodycam audit, which showed the sergeant make &#8220;a verbal comment expressing her disagreement with the DPD policy regarding immigration and collaboration with the federal government.&#8221;
In the complaint, Wallet argues that the police department&#8217;s policy violates federal law, which states that &#8220;no state or local government entity or official may prohibit or restrict any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, federal immigration authorities information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual.&#8221; Wallet also argues that her due process rights were violated since she was suspended without being given an opportunity to defend herself.
Leftist Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib praised Chief Bettison for punishing the police officers.
&#8220;Chief Bettison and I agree that we need to make sure that our community and our residents trust the people who are trying to keep us safe,&#8221; Tlaib said.
Michigan House Republican leader Matt Hall, however, said that the Detroit Police Department&#8217;s action could prompt the state House to review the department&#8217;s policies, saying that firing the officers would be &#8220;unacceptable,&#8221; The Detroit News <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/19/michigan-house-detroit-police-officers-being-fired-for-calling-border-agents-immigration-detention/88760280007/">reported</a>.
After the board voted on Thursday to suspend the officers without pay, Bettison said he would no longer pursue firing the officers.
&#8220;This incident should make it clear, however, that as Chief, I will continue to vigorously enforce DPD&#8217;s policies,&#8221; he added.
While Detroit has not seen the same surge in federal immigration operations that cities like Minneapolis and Chicago have experienced, ICE agents <a href="https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/ice-in-michigan-more-arrests-detainees-and-protests/">routinely arrest</a> suspected illegal immigrants in the Motor City and surrounding area.

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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will cut funding to sanctuary cities on the first day of February, saying that these cities are breeding &#8220;fraud and crime.&#8221;
“Starting February 1, we&#8217;re not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens,&#8221; the president vowed on Tuesday afternoon, adding, &#8220;and it breeds fraud and crime and all of the other problems that come.”
Trump was referring to cities across the United States that have declared themselves &#8220;sanctuary cities&#8221; for illegal immigrants, cities that often attempt to buck the president&#8217;s immigration enforcement activities.
<div id="attachment_1027393" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-trump-vows-to-cut-sanctuary-city-funding-starting-february-1/president-trump-speaks-at-the-detroit-economic-club" rel="attachment wp-att-1027393"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1027393" class="wp-image-1027393 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2256115036-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2256115036-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2256115036-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2256115036-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2256115036.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to members of the Detroit Economic Club at the MotorCity Casino Hotel on January 13, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)</div>
The president also slammed state officials in Minnesota over the fraud recently uncovered throughout the state, notably publicized by independent YouTuber Nick Shirley, whose viral work reached the eyes of the president and vice president. Trump accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz of corruption, saying that such fraud could not have escaped Walz&#8217;s notice.
&#8220;We have also suspended payments tied to suspected scammers in Minnesota, of which there are many,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;It’s a great state. It was a great state. Now it’s getting destroyed by that stupid governor.&#8221;
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PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Starting February 1st, we&#8217;re not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens and it breeds fraud and crime and all of the other problems… <a href="https://t.co/FyMYGilLtp">pic.twitter.com/FyMYGilLtp</a>
— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/2011168853095825912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
Trump was speaking Tuesday afternoon in Detroit, Michigan, at the Detroit Economic Club, where he delivered a speech largely focused on his administration&#8217;s wins over the past year, particularly as they pertain to the United States economy.
In December, the Department of Health and Human Services <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-freezes-all-child-care-payments-to-minnesota-amid-daycare-fraud-scandal?author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Freezes+%E2%80%98All+Child+Care+Payments%E2%80%99+To+Minnesota+Amid+Daycare+Fraud+Scandal">announced</a> it had frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota amid news of the massive fraud scandal in the state. That news came after a federal prosecutor said that there has been at least $9 billion in fraud in the state under Walz’s watch.
On Tuesday, Trump addressed the topic, saying that his administration &#8220;will now require proof of attendance in order to receive federal funding for childcare.&#8221;
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PRES. TRUMP: &#8220;We will now require proof of attendance in order to receive federal funding for childcare.&#8221;
&#8220;Also, we&#8217;re freezing any and all welfare payments going to illegal immigrants, effective immediately.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/lRD4VCmctu">pic.twitter.com/lRD4VCmctu</a>
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href="https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/2011168914000978275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Also, we&#8217;re freezing any and all welfare payments going to illegal immigrants, effective immediately,&#8221; he noted.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/minnesota-is-currently-paying-an-indicted-somali-fraudster-to-run-assisted-living-homes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported in December</a> that the Minnesota government was still paying an accused Somali fraudster to run assisted living homes as that man awaited trial for his alleged role in the nation’s largest COVID scam, in which he ran a fraudulent charity.
Walz has said he will not run for reelection but has not said he will resign from his position as governor.

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There are various types of what I call “scavengers.”
There are “leeches,” people who seek to tear down the institutions of free markets because they believe that they are entitled to the gains of others.
There are the “lechers,” people who believe that the traditional family, the church, have to be torn asunder because those things are an imposition from the outside.
And then there are the “barbarians.”
The barbarians are people who emanate from places outside the United States, outside the West. And they see themselves as representatives of civilizations that have been laid low by the West. They believe that all of their failures are the fault of Western civilizations.
As I write in my new book “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lions-Scavengers-Story-America-Critics/dp/1668097885/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tHy4SBp_hHF-vHhtJtJe1QIrxRz7s0Aj13eFEmYaXMkg9SrRHykHV_NHWW6XhQWoxW_rAOTa8CabDdBGhR-hiGxPlwULwtB0j0lCq6HTT435WCOIrExCNI18TVrbTwSf7166CTZarphzcNjpZCtlTA.3BzLBNx3TKfvkr_UgYlzL5F_NdZR1DsGAEXY3t63SrE&amp;qid=1756846409&amp;sr=1-1">Lions and Scavengers</a>”:
<blockquote>The barbarian is an outsider to Western civilization who believes that all of his own maladies and ills can be laid at the feet of the colonizers of the West. In fact, the barbarian argues, only violence against his purported victimizers can free him of the servile mentality that these very colonizers have instilled in him. The barbarian speaks in the language of mass-murdering communist monster Che Guevara —whose visage still graces the T-shirts of thousands of misbegotten American college students — championing the power of hatred: “Hatred is an element of struggle, unbending hatred for the enemy which pushes a human being beyond his natural limitations, making him into an effective, violent, selective, and cold-blooded killing machine.</blockquote>
The barbarians never posit a moral justification for how the destruction of the Western order ought to operate at their hands. They never explain just how, for example, a Palestinian state is somehow a burgeoning wellspring of human rights, or how an America without American values would make the world a better place. The only thing that matters is the destruction of the West, for in that destruction lies the supposed reclamation of the barbarian identity.
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Last Friday, there was a big gathering of barbarians over in Detroit, Michigan, called the People&#8217;s Conference for Palestine. It was attended by a sitting member of Congress, Rashida Tlaib along with a wide variety of people who talked about the evils of America. They talked about how the country they were sitting in, this place that has given them prosperity, that has given them freedom, was an awful place. All of its core values are evil and terrible and need to be destroyed because America is a bad place, and Western civilization is responsible for all the ills of the rest of the world.
If you&#8217;re wondering why there are so many people in the West right are now moving toward right-wing parties, it is because those right-wing parties are saying, “We don&#8217;t need more of these people in our civilization.”
We don&#8217;t.
One speaker quoted someone saying that “the average American will never understand the plight of the Palestinian person, because the State of Israel is a carbon copy of the United States, and therefore the thing to do is to destroy the idea of America in American&#8217;s heads so that they can see the humanity of everybody outside of the warping of American exceptionalism and imperialism and all these evil things. We have to dismantle this idea of American exceptionalism, of supremacy, of being beyond reproach.”
He continued, “We live in an evil country.”
So get out. You can leave any time now.
Remember, the people who are being defended here by this person are the terrorist group Hamas.
There was not a single speaker at this event who said that Hamas should surrender, go into exile, and disarm, thus ending the war in Gaza and simultaneously ending the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
That was never mentioned by any of these people, because, of course, the fault always lies with America. It lies with the West. It lies with Israel. Anyone successful in the world is supposed to be a repository of exploitation.
Another speaker intoned, “We wanted to globalize the intifada, to expose to the world that Israel&#8217;s policies have nothing to do with security, that Israel tries to tell the world, and that our governments also regurgitate gaslighting us. We thought that if we could get this message out, the world would wake up and not allow Israel to do this, to do what it&#8217;s doing. And I must admit, that was a bit of naiveté on our part. But we have and we will continue to globalize the intifada, and we will force our government to listen to us, because they want us to accept a world that is inacceptable.”
“Inacceptable?” You mean unacceptable.
In any case, putting aside the grammar, the bigger problem here is the fact that “globalize the intifada” is a phrase that calls for widespread violence. That is what an intifada is, a violent uprising. Anybody who claims otherwise is lying to you.
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This is happening on the soil of America, as I write about in “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lions-Scavengers-Story-America-Critics/dp/1668097885/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tHy4SBp_hHF-vHhtJtJe1QIrxRz7s0Aj13eFEmYaXMkg9SrRHykHV_NHWW6XhQWoxW_rAOTa8CabDdBGhR-hiGxPlwULwtB0j0lCq6HTT435WCOIrExCNI18TVrbTwSf7166CTZarphzcNjpZCtlTA.3BzLBNx3TKfvkr_UgYlzL5F_NdZR1DsGAEXY3t63SrE&amp;qid=1756846409&amp;sr=1-1">Lions and Scavengers</a>.” It&#8217;s not just that barbarians come from abroad and they enter our gates because we are soft-headed and soft-hearted. It&#8217;s also the enormous number of Americans who then side with the barbarians, because they don&#8217;t have confidence in their own civilization. They don&#8217;t have the belief in their own ideas to actually stand up to this garbage.
Lions are reflexively self-critical. What I mean by that is that in the West, there is actual moral merit to admitting your mistakes, to exposing yourself to the shame and ridicule of acknowledging guilt. That is something that good people tend to do.
Lions tend to do that because, after all, we live in a civilization, a Judeo-Christian biblically-based civilization, in which repentance is part of life. You&#8217;re supposed to acknowledge your sins so you can get stronger and get better.
The problem is that the barbarians and their allies are not interested in your proclamations of guilt. They&#8217;re not interested except to use it as a way to destroy you. They are interested in you shaming yourself. They want you to shame yourself and kneel before them so they can claim dominance. That&#8217;s the entire goal.
The co-founder of Doctors Against Genocide, last seen being ushered out of Congress after yelling at Marco Rubio during his confirmation hearings, called for the “taking out” of anyone who opposes his pro-terrorism agenda, saying they “need to be neutralized.”
This was in Detroit. Not in Qatar, or Iran.
This culminated with Rashida Tlaib, a sitting congresswoman from Michigan, ripping America and saying, “We are in your Congress.”
We know. We understand that the barbarian mentality is quite prevalent in our Congress.
“They thought they could kill us, rape us, and imprison us, violently, uproot us from our olive tree farms, starve our children to death, and we would disappear. Well, guess what? Now we&#8217;re in Congress and we&#8217;re in every corner of the United States,” she threatened. “We are just getting started.”
Yes, we understand that you have infiltrated Congress. We understand that. We understand there is a wide variety of people who have decided to stand in solidarity with all of this.
What is going to tear down the West is not just a West not confronted by the scavengers, but a West that allows the scavengers in; that somehow believes it is an aspect of its own greatness to allow the supremacy of people who wish to destroy its civilization.
That is the danger that lies within.

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Two reported Palestinian terrorists will be featured speakers at an upcoming conference in Detroit.
Hossam Shaheen, who was released in February by Israel with other Palestinian terrorists in return for Israeli hostages, will speak at the People&#8217;s Conference for Palestine, which calls him “A Palestinian writer known for capturing the complexities of life in captivity.” He was arrested by Israel in 2004; according to <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/403227">Israel National News</a>, Shaheen “was sentenced to 22 years for shooting attacks targeting Israeli vehicles and was involved in throwing a hand grenade at a Border Police jeep, and was also involved in a conspiracy to send a suicide bomber to Jerusalem.”
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🔴 A terrorist released as part of a ransom in exchange for October 7 Massacre hostages is going to be speaking at a conference in Detroit
Hossam Shaheen will be speaking at the upcoming People&#8217;s Conference for Palestine, but he&#8217;s not just a writer👇 <a href="https://t.co/G9KdRr19kg">pic.twitter.com/G9KdRr19kg</a>
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“The Prime Minister’s Office announced in 2002 that four members of the Jebl Mukaber Martyrs’ Brigade cell admitted that Shaheen had recruited them into the terrorist organization and supplied them weapons for two failed Jerusalem terrorist attacks,” the Jerusalem Post <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-864676">reported</a>.
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More rabid antisemitic speakers have been added to the list at the People’s Conference in Michigan at the end of the month.
People tied to Muslim Brotherhood Organizations, Congress members, antisemitic influencers, the guy who hunts down IDF soldiers who leave Israel.
And many… <a href="https://t.co/yoziuX0tQo">https://t.co/yoziuX0tQo</a> <a href="https://t.co/rRDBFfCXNs">pic.twitter.com/rRDBFfCXNs</a>
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Omar Assaf, who was reportedly an official in the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) terrorist group, will also speak. Members of the DFLP committed the infamous Ma’alot massacre in 1994, in which 21 children were murdered. Assaf is currently the coordinator of the executive committees of the Palestinian Popular Conference, which “praised the Gazan attackers and promised to build upon the achievements of the terrorist attack,” the day after the Hamas October 7 massacre, the Post noted, adding, “The previous year also courted terrorists as speakers, with Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Wisam Rafeedie speaking remotely after being denied a visa.”
“Also expected to speak is Abu-Bakr Abd, a Gazan journalist who fled the Gaza Strip and is affiliated with Iranian propaganda outlets and Hamas,” VIN News <a href="https://vinnews.com/2025/08/20/freed-terrorists-hamas-affiliated-journalist-to-speak-at-detroit-pro-palestine-rally/">reported</a>. “Abd, a writer for Iran’s PressTV and other Palestinian websites, has publicly expressed admiration for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, justified executions carried out by the terrorist organization, and even expressed regret that he had not participated personally in terrorist attacks.”
Viciously anti-Israel Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Talib will also speak at the conference.

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Stellantis, one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers, announced on Wednesday a $388 million investment to develop a two-million-square-foot parts distribution facility in Wayne County, Michigan. 
This “megahub” will feature an automated storage system, called AutoStore, which utilizes robots to efficiently retrieve and deliver parts to workstations, aiming to enhance speed and accuracy in parts processing. The hub will serve as a central facility for Stellantis’ Mopar parts operations, and will support about 488 union-represented jobs, honoring the company’s commitment to support union labor.
In an X post on Thursday, the White House’s &#8220;Rapid Response&#8221; account <a href="http://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1925627671670624374" target="_blank" rel="noopener">credited</a> the “TRUMP EFFECT” for the investment. The facility, which will launch in 2027, will be located in Van Buren Township.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly pressured automakers to build cars and manufacture parts in America. His <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/both-countries-will-become-stronger-trumps-trade-deal-will-give-u-s-more-access-to-u-k-economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trade agreement</a> with the United Kingdom imposed a 10% tariff on U.K. exports to the United States, while keeping American automakers at a 25% tariff for vehicles and parts manufactured outside of the country. 
Stellantis said this new investment, as well as the sale of their parts distribution centers in Center Line, Marysville, and Milwaukee, is part of a “broader consolidation strategy,” CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/stellantis-388-million-investment-metro-detroit-hub/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Employees from the Center Line, Warren, and Warren Sherwood, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, parts facilities will be moved to the new “megahub,” while workers from the Marysville, Michigan, center will be moved to the Warren and Warren Sherwood facilities.  
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<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/stellantis-388-million-investment-metro-detroit-hub/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to</a> CBS News, Darren Bradshaw, senior vice president and head of Mopar North America, said in a statement that their customers are counting on them. 
“With the Metro Detroit Megahub, we&#8217;re building a faster, smarter and more reliable parts distribution network that puts their needs first,” he said. “This investment reflects our commitment to innovation, sustainability and operational excellence, while also creating a modern, high-tech workplace for our employees.”

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested in the Detroit area after he allegedly broke into a dozen homes to target young girls.
Investigators suspect the 13-year-old is behind at least 11 successful or attempted home invasions in Pontiac and Detroit, some possibly dating back to 2022, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/13-year-old-boy-accused-of-breaking-into-11-detroit-area-homes-to-target-young-girls-sheriff/">reported</a> the New York Post.
&#8220;He was targeting the homes of young girls,&#8221; Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. &#8220;It&#8217;s terrifying. Any adult would shudder at the thought, let alone a child.&#8221;
Authorities say he was wearing a mask and armed with a knife during the most recent incident on February 4, when a 10-year-old girl was choked in her bedroom until her screams drew her mother.
&#8220;In terms of physical injuries, thank God we have very little, but obviously the emotional impact, when you&#8217;re a child in your bedroom, the most safe and secure thing at home, there obviously has to be a process for them to deal with that trauma, that emotional trauma, that mental health. I think that&#8217;s going to be the biggest, ongoing thing,&#8221; Bouchard said, according to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/oakland-county-officials-discuss-home-invasions-targeting-young-women/">CBS News</a>.
Officials added that the teen was identified through a circulated photo and is being held at a juvenile detention center, with his parent cooperating as possible charges await.
Authorities had urged local residents in Pontiac and Detroit to secure their windows and doors as the investigation intensified. That caution came amid uncertainty about the intruder’s identity after law enforcement initially believed the suspect to be older, possibly between 17 and 21.
A tip from a local community member, however, led to his capture last Thursday. According to CBS Detroit, deputies <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/oakland-county-officials-discuss-home-invasions-targeting-young-women/">received</a> a phone call from someone who recognized a photo that authorities had released, allowing law enforcement to locate and arrest the individual.

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Detroit Democratic Mayor Mike Duggan refused to apologize to leftist immigrant rights groups for using the term &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal</a>&#8221; to describe the migrants in his city who entered the U.S. illegally.
Last week, Duggan used the term &#8220;illegal&#8221; when discussing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Detroit. Nine immigrant rights groups in Michigan condemned the mayor on Wednesday, saying in a press release that the &#8220;use of the I-word&#8221; is &#8220;dehumanizing,&#8221; The Detroit News <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2025/01/29/immigrant-rights-groups-slam-detroit-mayor-mike-duggan-using-the-i-word-illegal-immigrant/78022796007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;The Mayor’s use of the I-word is inappropriate, dehumanizing, and an insult to Detroit’s longstanding immigrant communities,&#8221; the groups said in their joint statement.
Duggan, who recently launched a campaign for governor, responded to the criticism, saying that the groups are condemning him over &#8220;political correctness.&#8221; He added, “During my term as Mayor, Detroit has been a welcoming city, where we support the success of immigrants. But when Detroit police make a criminal arrest and DPD gets federal notification that the person in custody is in the country illegally, we should not and do not shield you from federal enforcement.&#8221;
&#8220;Groups who oppose this position are criticizing me today over the political correctness of my statements, but I do not apologize for providing a clear explanation of Detroit’s position,&#8221; Duggan continued. &#8220;It is a position we have followed consistently through the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations.&#8221;
The groups that signed the press release included the African Bureau for Immigration and Social Affairs, American Citizens for Justice, the Caribbean Community Services Center, MI Poder, One Michigan for Immigrant Rights, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, and 1 Michigan for the Global Majority, according to The Detroit News.
At a press conference last Thursday, Duggan emphasized that Detroit is &#8220;not a sanctuary city&#8221; as President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration ramps up arrests and deportations of criminal illegal immigrants.
&#8220;If you are in this country illegally, we should not be shielding you from ICE and federal enforcement, and the city of Detroit does not,&#8221; the mayor said, according to the <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2025/01/24/mayor-mike-duggan-detroit-ice/77931144007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit Free Press</a>. He added that Detroit police &#8220;have always cooperated with ICE.&#8221;
Federal agents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-made-over-2500-arrests-in-trumps-first-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ramped up</a> immigration raids last week, targeting sanctuary cities such as Los Angeles and Chicago. This week, newly minted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-dhs-sec-kristi-noem-joins-federal-agents-for-nyc-immigration-raids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on the ground</a> in New York City as federal agents arrested violent illegal immigrants. ICE agents were also on the ground in Detroit over the weekend, Fox 2 <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/ice-arrests-start-metro-detroit-what-rights-know" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Duggan, a longtime Democrat mayor, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/detroit-dem-mayor-announces-run-for-michigan-governor-as-independent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> in early December that he is running for Michigan governor in the 2026 election as an independent. He said Michigan is being &#8220;held back&#8221;  by &#8220;political fighting&#8221; and &#8220;nonsense.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/detroit">Detroit</a>-based rap performer Dank Demoss is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lawsuit">suing</a> Lyft over a driver refusing her service because of her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/obesity">weight</a>.
A video of an interaction between the woman, whose real name is Dajua Blanding, went viral on social media. Blanding and the Lyft driver are heard arguing as he explains that he won’t be able to accommodate her in his vehicle.
&#8220;I can fit in this car,&#8221; Blanding can be heard saying, to which the driver responded, &#8220;Believe me, you can&#8217;t.&#8221;
The Lyft driver apologized and assured Blanding she would not be charged for the service. He also said she could try ordering a larger sized vehicle such as an Uber XL.
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&#8220;I&#8217;ve been in cars smaller than that,&#8221; the rapper <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/detroit-rapper-sues-after-lyft-driver-says-she-wont-fit-his-car">told</a> the local Detroit affiliate FOX 2. &#8220;I just want them to know that it hurt my feelings.&#8221;
Since then, Blanding took to Instagram to announce that she was suing Lyft for discrimination. &#8220;If I [don’t] stand for something, I&#8217;ll fall for anything,” she wrote in the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DFWFWqbSpru/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1">post</a>. “Thank you to my lawyers, Marco and Zach Runyan! Fighting for my community my people and making a change in the world, not just for me, but for everyone. Thank you to my team and all the support I’m getting.”
Since the video went viral, Lyft has also released a statement on the interaction.
&#8220;Lyft unequivocally condemns all forms of discrimination—we believe in a community where everyone is treated with equal respect and mutual kindness. Our community guidelines and terms of service explicitly prohibit harassment or discrimination,” the rideshare company said, per Fox 2.
Social media reactions were mixed, with many users siding with the Lyft driver and saying he had the right to refuse service if it was for a valid safety concern. Some users also noted that Blanding would likely be required to purchase more than one seat on an airplane, which they used as a comparable situation.
“The Uber driver has the right to deny service if he or she feels there is a valid concern for their safety or the safety of the rider(s). I think the driver made the correct decision here,” one person <a href="https://x.com/MauriceCooley/status/1883884873007693989">wrote</a> in response to the video.
A second commenter <a href="https://x.com/Pennywise_7/status/1883675108981809595">said</a>, “I actually had 3 overweight men bottom out and ruin my shocks and break the frame of my car when I was an uber driver way back. This is reasonable.”
“I understand both sides. That’s his personal vehicle and if anything was to happen, Lyft isn’t buying him a new car. Also, denying her service is embarrassing and unprofessional, but unfortunately I do understand why,” a third person <a href="https://x.com/fentyDOM/status/1883686124910264712">said</a>.
The Instagram comments showed a similar response. One popular reaction to Blanding’s announcement that she was suing Lyft said, “So friend you mad because someone wasn’t comfortable with you getting in their car? I’m big too and I know some cars I have no business in. That car was already low to the floor.&#8221;
The commenter continued, “He also was very respectful and didn’t try to humiliate you! All you had to do was let him cancel and send you another one… We have bigger issues in our community like high blood pressure and diabetes.”

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Detroit Democratic Mayor Mike Duggan, who has been in office since 2014, announced that he is running for Michigan governor as an independent in the 2026 election.
Duggan, 66, who has served decades in public office in Wayne County and Detroit, told city employees last week that he would not run for another term as mayor. He officially announced in a press release on Wednesday that he is running to replace Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is term-limited after 2026, the Detroit Free Press <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2024/12/04/detroit-mayor-mike-duggan-running-michigan-governor-independent/76234462007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Duggan has been a Democrat for his entire political career but said he is running as an independent because he wants to change &#8220;the current system [that] forces people to choose sides.&#8221;
“I&#8217;m not running to be the Democrats&#8217; governor or the Republicans&#8217; governor. I&#8217;m running to be your governor,” Duggan said. “The political fighting and the nonsense that once held back Detroit is too often what we’re seeing across Michigan today. The current system forces people to choose sides — not find solutions. It’s time to change that. I intend to bring together Democrats, Republicans and Independents — and our young people, far too many of whom have given up on our political system — together to move Michigan forward.”
Whitmer, who easily won a second term in 2022, is a rising national figure in the Democratic Party and is being floated as a potential candidate for president in 2028.
Duggan has overseen a city that has gone through a decades-long spell of violence and decline. Earlier this year, the city <a href="https://detroitmi.gov/opportunities/detroit-tackling-crime-across-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boasted</a> of recording the lowest homicide rate since 1962, with 252 homicides reported in 2023. According to the city, non-fatal shootings and carjackings also decreased in 2023.
Despite these recent drops in violent crime, however, Detroit remains one of the most dangerous places to live in the U.S. According to 2022 data, Detroit ranked <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/217685/most-dangerous-cities-in-north-america-by-crime-rate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second</a>, only behind Memphis, for the highest violent crime rate in the nation at 2,027.9 violent crimes per 100,000 people.
Duggan touted his record of leading Detroit as the city came out of bankruptcy in 2014.
“Detroit’s story of resurgence is one of Detroiters who never gave up on their city,” Duggan said last month when he announced he would not run for a fourth term as mayor. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve as mayor over the past 12 years and I am incredibly proud of what we’ve accomplished together—from emerging out of bankruptcy to becoming a vibrant, healthy city that is a model of resilience and transformation.&#8221;
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Democrats who have been <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/has-michigan-governor-race-begun-duggan-spurs-speculation-heres-who-might-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discussed</a> as potential Michigan gubernatorial candidates include Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Senate Majority Whip Mallory McMorrow, Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson, and former Secretary of Transporation Pete Buttigieg, who recently moved to the Great Lakes State.
Numerous potential contenders on the Republican side include Congresswoman Lisa McClain, Congressman John James, Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt, and conservative commentator Tudor Dixon, who was the GOP gubernatorial nominee in 2022.

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A federal judge paused the Justice Department’s case against seven pro-life Christians <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-89-year-old-woman-convicted-faces-over-a-decade-in-prison-for-peaceful-pro-life-protest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">awaiting sentencing</a> over a peaceful protest at an abortion facility in Michigan as President Joe Biden prepares to leave office. 
Judge Matthew Leitman ordered Tuesday that the FACE Act and felony conspiracy case against the pro-life activists be paused until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The pro-lifers, including 89-year-old communist concentration camp survivor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/god-wins-in-the-end-89-year-old-pro-life-activist-speaks-out-ahead-of-high-stakes-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eva Edl</a>, face up to 10 years for their conviction on conspiracy charges in September. 
Sentencing had not yet been scheduled due to several pending motions from the defense to dismiss the convictions that Leitman has not yet ruled on. These motions will further be delayed due to the judge&#8217;s latest order. 
“As further discussed on the record, the Court will conduct another status conference during the week of March 24, 2025, to receive a report from the Government trial team as to whether there has been any change in the Government’s position with respect to the continuation of this case and/or with respect to the positions expected to be advanced by the Defendants in their post-trial motions,” Leitman, an Obama appointee, wrote in a court order viewed by The Daily Wire. 
Leitman’s order comes as there is anticipation that President-elect Donald Trump may quickly move to pardon the pro-lifers who have been imprisoned under Biden. Back in June, Trump promised to review the cases of “every political prisoner,” including people imprisoned over the FACE Act. 
The judge said that he would schedule an earlier conference on the case if the Justice Department was notified earlier of changes in handling the case. 
Alongside Edl, those facing sentencing are Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-life-father-facing-11-years-in-prison-says-biden-doj-is-targeting-conservative-christians">Joel Curry</a>, Justin Phillips, Cal Zastrow, and his daughter Eva Zastrow. They were found to have violated the FACE Act and conspiracy against rights over a peaceful protest at the Northland Family Planning Clinic. 
Leitman’s order followed a status conference on the case on Monday in Detroit. On Wednesday, he ordered lawyers for the defendants to appear for the status hearing on March 25. 
Steve Crampton, a lawyer from the Thomas More Society involved with the case, told The Daily Wire that Leitman decided to stay the proceedings during a status conference on Monday “in light of the election results and the likelihood that a new Department of Justice would alter its policies concerning prosecution of these FACE cases and in particular the use of the Conspiracy Against Rights statute against these defendants.”
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Crampton told The Daily Wire that Leitman was concerned it would be a waste of taxpayer money to keep paying court appointed attorneys because the “motions that may become moot depending on the new DOJ policies.” Crampton added that he told the judge that he and others were working on preparing formal petitions for pardons for the activists, as Trump has previously indicated he would look into doing if elected. 
“I think the judge was correct in his thinking about the DOJ perhaps reversing course here and ordering a stay of the proceedings,” Crampton said. “There is a new sheriff in town, and these prosecutions were always more about the politics of protecting the abortion industry than they were about serious violations of the law.”
Multiple pro-lifers across the country are currently incarcerated on FACE Act-related charges brought by Biden’s Justice Department. 
During a Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in June, Trump talked about taking action on the first day of his term to help 75-year-old Paulette Harlow, who is serving a two-year prison sentence for the FACE Act.
“Paulette is one of many peaceful pro-lifers who Joe Biden has rounded up, sometimes with SWAT teams, and thrown them in jail,” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/defend-our-country-imprisoned-pro-life-activists-urge-americans-to-vote-against-kamala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Many people are in jail over this. … We’re going to get that taken care of immediately — [on the] first day.”
He added that he will “rapidly review the cases of every political prisoner who’s unjustly victimized by the Biden regime, including Paulette, so we can get them out of the gulags and back to their families where they belong.&#8221;

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