Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers to claim Michigan’s US Senate seat, providing a significant boost to progressives nationally after one of the most expensive and divisive contests of the 2026 midterms.

Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary for Michigan’s US Senate seat, backed Republican candidate Mike Rogers, breaking with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and exacerbating a split between progressives and moderate party members.

General Motors Co. plans to shift its stock listing to the Nasdaq Global Select Market from its longtime home on the New York Stock Exchange, an attempt to position the old-school automaker as a tech-forward company embracing automated driving and electric vehicles.

Former President Barack Obama pinned inflation and high prices on President Donald Trump and urged Democrats to get to the polls, especially for Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed, in a final push as early voting started in the state Saturday.

Michigan Senate hopefuls Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed exchanged shots in a testy debate on Wednesday night, using their final meeting to try to sway disaffected voters.

Republican Senate candidates in key battleground states are more assertively distancing themselves from President Donald Trump and some of his signature policies less than four weeks before the midterm elections.

Former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump both plan to campaign in Michigan during the coming weeks in a showdown to bolster their candidates, especially in the key Senate race between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and opponent Mike Rogers, just ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

Since scoring a surprise victory in the Michigan Democratic primary, progressive Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is trying to push toward the middle to reach the more moderate electorate in a must-win state for the party in November.

The Trump administration is poised to reduce tariffs on automobiles imported from Canada to 15% from 25% as part of a broader deal that would see the US neighbor drop retaliatory trade measures, according to people familiar with the matter.

The tentative trade deal between the US and Canada would lower tariffs on certain Canadian exports of steel and aluminum to 25% and cut duties on Canadian auto exports to 15%, according to people familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke by phone about trade negotiations on Monday, a little more than 24 hours before the US is due to implement punishing new tariffs on Canadian products.

Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic US Senate primary in Michigan, notching a narrow but cataclysmic victory over Representative Haley Stevens and the establishment wing of the party that backed her in the battleground state.

A primary race for a Michigan US Senate seat that’s become a proxy battle between the centrist and progressive wings of the Democratic Party remained tight with no declared winner as votes continued to be counted into the early Wednesday morning hours.

The fight between the progressive and centrist wings of the Democratic Party reached its most consequential front of the 2026 midterm primary season as Michigan voters on Tuesday decided whether to send Abdul El-Sayed or Haley Stevens to a general election that could determine the balance of power in the US Senate.

Tuesday’s primary will test whether the party’s left wing can win outside of safe Democratic districts.

President Donald Trump championed his economic agenda, including tariffs and the rolling back of environmental regulations, saying they had revived US auto manufacturing during a visit to a General Motors Co. facility in the midterm battleground of Michigan.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Haley Stevens in the state’s Democratic primary for the US Senate, another clear sign the party’s establishment wants the congresswoman on the ballot over progressive Abdul El-Sayed.

Canadian officials opened a multibillion-dollar bridge connecting Michigan and Ontario, a 1.5-mile span meant to be a symbol of the unbreakable ties between Canada and the US. Missing from the celebration: Americans.

The US Justice Department launched a grand jury investigation into allegations that the head of the United Auto Workers pressured another high-ranking union official to secure benefits for his fiancée and her sister, according to internal communications within the labor organization.

The US and Canada will open the delayed Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit with Windsor, Ontario, on July 27, after the Canadian government agreed to give the US a share of net toll profits, according to officials familiar with the matter.