Madison Steigerwald, canvas lead for Michigan United Action, rings a voter's doorbell while canvassing for candidates including Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Detroit.
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President Donald Trump is scheduled to swear in his criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche as attorney general Monday after Senate Republicans mustered the votes for his confirmation. Progressive candidates for governor in Wisconsin and U.S. Senate in Minnesota are making their final pushes ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primaries in the aftermath of Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement surge, increasing the pressure on the Democratic establishment. And the price of oil is rising again after Iran said it won't reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States lifts its blockade, pays compensation for war damage, lifts economic sanctions and releases Iran’s frozen assets.
