• US News & World Report compiled a list of the best places to live in the US in 2025.
• Criteria for the list included affordability of homes, quality of life, and career opportunities.
• Johns Creek, Georgia, tops this year's list, followed by Carmel, Indiana, and Pearland, Texas.

Americans move for all sorts of reasons, whether it's seeking better work-life balance, a more affordable lifestyle, or even a fresh start after a breakup.

Each year, US News & World Report offers a resource to those contemplating such a big change by evaluating 150 American cities on several factors to determine the best places to move.

The publication considers factors including employment opportunities, housing affordability, quality of life, and school rankings.

Johns Creek, Georgia, tops the 2025 list of best places to live for its strong job market and high "desirability" score, a custom index created by US News & World Report to rank factors like weather, accessibility of culture, and average commute times for residents.

The small Atlanta suburb of 81,000 people has been home to stars like Jeff Foxworthy and Usher, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Carmel, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis, took second place. The town of just over 103,000 residents previously went viral on TikTok for its massive high school that featured amenities for students like an auto shop, radio station, jewelry-making room, and even a planetarium.

Texas has three cities in the top 10, with Pearland and League City, two suburbs of Houston, and Leander, a suburb of Austin, taking the third, sixth, and eighth spots, respectively.

Here are the 15 best places to live in the US, according to US News & World Report. Residents find plenty to like about these cities, including affordable homes, career opportunities, and relaxed lifestyles.

Sources: Population and income data are from the US Census, median home price from Realtor.com, and median rent from Zillow.

15. Pflugerville, Texas

Population of the metro area: 66,819

Median home price: $395,300

Average monthly rent: $2,195

Median household income: $112,656

Known for: A growing area outside Austin, Pflugerville has more than 56 miles of recreational trails, including those surrounding the 180-acre Lake Pflugerville. The nearby Typhoon Texas Waterpark is also an annual draw for locals and visitors alike.

14. Flower Mound, Texas

Population of the metro area: 79,990

Median home price: $645,600

Average monthly rent: $2,890

Median household income: $157,737

Known for: Named for a local hill covered in wildflowers, the Dallas suburb of Flower Mound is known for its small-town charm just outside the big city. The area boasts a strong public school system and a robust calendar of community events, including a summer concert series.

13. Ellicott City, Maryland

Population of the metro area: 75,947 (as of 2020)

Median home price: $769,000

Average monthly rent: $2,812

Median household income: $157,891

Known for: Under 30 minutes from the bustle of Baltimore sits quaint Ellicott City. Several buildings from the 19th century remain, and there are museums dedicated to everything from turn-of-the-century firefighting to the country's oldest surviving railroad station.

12. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Population of the metro area: 122,756

Median home price: $355,000

Average monthly rent: $1,750

Median household income: $85,220

Known for: One of Tulsa's suburbs, Broken Arrow has long connections to the Muscogee people, who settled in the area after the US government forced them to move from Alabama along the Trail of Tears in the 1830s. Today, its downtown has boutiques, galleries, restaurants, and an annual festival, Rooster Days, that's been held for over 90 years.

11. Sammamish, Washington

Population of the metro area: 66,474

Median home price: $1.9 million

Average monthly rent: $3,845

Median household income: $227,273

Climate Vulnerability Index: 1st percentile, lowest vulnerability

Known for: This picturesque city, home to both the glittering Lake Sammamish and verdant forests, is just a short drive from Seattle. Locals enjoy recreational activities including boating, fishing, and hiking in its multiple parks.

10. Troy, Michigan

Population of the metro area: 89,209

Median home price: $462,500

Average monthly rent: $2,200

Median household income: $119,299

Known for: Not far from Detroit, Troy is home to many companies that support the automotive industry. Somerset Collection is the city's mall, where you'll find upscale stores including Christian Louboutin, Rolex, Versace, and more.

9. Rochester Hills, Michigan

Population of the metro area: 78,330

Median home price: $467,000

Average monthly rent: $1,800

Median household income: $119,054

Known for: With a charming downtown, plenty of nature trails, and a popular cider mill, Rochester Hills has activities for all of Michigan's four seasons. Meadow Brook Amphitheater brings in an eclectic mix of summer concerts, from big-name bands to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

8. Leander, Texas

Population of the metro area: 87,511

Median home price: $403,800

Average monthly rent: $2,195

Median household income: $140,180

Known for: One of the fastest-growing spots in the county, Leander draws people with its good schools and natural beauty. It's a 30-minute drive or a commuter-rail ride from Austin.

7. Apex, North Carolina

Population of the metro area: 75,977

Median home price: $596,000

Average monthly rent: $2,250

Median household income: $138,442

Known for: Apex, North Carolina, a 25-minute drive to Raleigh, is one of the smaller cities on the list, by population, but has a better job market than the national average, according to US News.

6. League City, Texas

Population of the metro area: 118,456

Median home price: $343,800

Average monthly rent: $2,200

Median household income: $119,870

Known for: League City, Texas, is about 26 miles south of Houston and only 30 miles from beaches along the Gulf. It rated highly for value and desirability, according to US News.

5. Cary, North Carolina

Population of the metro area: 182,659

Median home price: $701,500

Average monthly rent: $2,120

Median household income: $129,399

Known for: A suburb of Raleigh, Cary is part of North Carolina's research triangle and attracts people from all over the country — and world — for its robust job market and laid-back lifestyle.

4. Fishers, Indiana

Population of the metro area: 103,986

Median home price: $406,400

Average monthly rent: $2,175

Median household income: $128,141

Known for: Located about 20 miles outside Indianapolis, Fishers has a growing number of tech jobs.

3. Pearland, Texas

Population of the metro area: 129,620

Median home price: $368,900

Average monthly rent: $2,300

Median household income: $112,470

Known for: One of the fastest-growing cities in Texas, Pearland has had its population increase from approximately 19,000 residents to over 100,000 in the last 20 years. It's a suburb of Houston.

2. Carmel, Indiana

Population of the metro area: 103,606

Median home price: $516,600

Average monthly rent: $2,199

Median household income: $134,602

Known for: Carmel, which has a nice civic square, an art and design district, and a network of walking and biking trails, has recently drawn new residents. In 2023, a TikTok video that showed off the local high school's swanky facilities, from big athletic facilities to a radio studio to a café, went viral.

1. Johns Creek, Georgia

Population of the metro area: 81,167

Median home price: $637,500

Average monthly rent: $2,750

Median household income: $160,185

Known for: About 40 minutes north of Atlanta, Johns Creek is the 10th largest city in Georgia and the safest. Fun fact: It wasn't incorporated until 2006.

• I took the Lake Express ferry across Lake Michigan from Milwaukee to Muskegon, Michigan.
• I booked the premier cabin tier for $279, but ended up driving home because I got so seasick.
• I didn't get to enjoy perks like more spacious seating or table service that came with my ticket.

As I looked up at the ceiling of the Lake Express ferry, lying on the floor while cradling a barf bag, I realized I'd made a mistake.

I grew up boating on smaller lakes around Wisconsin, so I thought I'd be fine on my ferry ride from Milwaukee to Muskegon, Michigan. After all, I was cutting my travel time in half by crossing the lake instead of driving through four states.

I didn't anticipate that as the fifth-largest lake in the world, Lake Michigan's waves can be just as powerful as the open seas. I'd splurged on a premier cabin ticket, but felt so seasick that I wasn't able to enjoy the perks.

I did enjoy some parts of the journey despite my motion sickness, but I definitely came away from the experience knowing that I'm not cut out for cruises.

Follow along on my Lake Express ferry trip across Lake Michigan.

Lake Express did not respond to a request for comment.

The Lake Express ferry transports passengers across Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Muskegon, Michigan, in half the time it takes to drive.

Instead of driving around the lake, which can take about 4 ½ to five hours, the Lake Express ferry brings passengers and their cars across the water in about 2 ½ hours.

An adult round-trip ticket starts at $199 for the classic cabin and $245 for the higher-tier premier cabin. To bring a vehicle along as well, round-trip tickets start at $236 on top of the passenger fees.

I paid a total of $279 for my round-trip premier ticket without a vehicle, including taxes and additional fees.

I arrived at the Milwaukee ferry terminal for my 6 a.m. trip to Muskegon, which was scheduled to arrive at 9:30 a.m. local time.

Michigan's eastern time zone is an hour ahead of Wisconsin. Even though the trip only took 2 ½ hours, the time difference meant we'd lose an hour on the way.

When I checked in at security, the guard handed me a motion-sickness pill. That was the first red flag.

I'd checked the National Weather Service's Great Lakes Portal and found that waves were expected to be around 1 foot high throughout the journey, which didn't sound that bad.

Receiving free motion-sickness medicine immediately upon checking in made me feel a bit concerned about how choppy the waters would actually be. I took the pill to be safe.

All passengers waited in the same area, regardless of cabin class.

Unlike the Amtrak lounges available to first-class train passengers, there was no separate waiting area for those with premier cabin ferry tickets.

The waiting area featured free coffee for all passengers, a perk not usually offered on flights or trains.

There were also drinks, snacks, and souvenirs available for purchase.

When it was time to board, the lounge led straight out onto the dock.

An announcement told those traveling with cars to board first by driving their vehicles onto the ferry.

I was surprised by how spacious the classic cabin was compared to trains and planes that I've traveled on.

The classic cabin was laid out in clusters of eight seats around two tables, with a few tables on the edges ending up with more space.

Screens around the ferry showed the route, weather, and live feed of the outside.

The screens appeared in both cabins, showing our approximately 82-mile journey across Lake Michigan.

The concession stand was located at the front of the cabin for easy access to food and drinks.

Next to the checkout counter, condiment packets and plastic utensils were available for passengers to grab for themselves.

There were even fake flower pots decorating the cabin.

The faux flowers added a whimsical touch to the ferry ride.

The premier cabin featured even more space to spread out, with four to six seats to each table.

The ferry wasn't very crowded on my trip, so I got an entire table with four seats to myself.

The cabin included a cart with more free coffee.

There was also a screen with a credit card reader to order additional concessions.

Unlike in the classic cabin, each table came with a menu to order food and drinks while seated instead of waiting in a line at the counter.

Breakfast burritos cost $10 while sandwiches and pizzas ranged from $11 to $12. There was also alcohol available for purchase, including local beers such as New Glarus Spotted Cow and Miller Lite.

Outlets seemed hard to come by in both the classic and premier cabins.

Unlike newer plane and train models that have outlets at every seat, the Lake Express ferry only had outlets every few rows.

I enjoyed watching the sunrise on the lower deck as the crew prepared for our departure.

Even while docked, the up-and-down movement of the ship on the water felt stronger than I'd anticipated. I hoped that once we started moving, the motion would feel smoother.

I explored the upper deck as the boat pulled out of the terminal, but it was too cold to stay outside for very long.

A factor that likely contributed to my impending seasickness was that it was too cold for me to sit outside on the deck in the fresh air.

In true Midwest spring fashion, it was 44 degrees on that early May morning. Strong winds over the open water made it feel even colder once we started moving. I got a little bit queasy from the sensation of the boat pitching up and down, but focusing on the horizon and feeling the wind against my face kept it from getting worse.

I lasted about half an hour outside before I got too cold and returned to the warmth of the premier cabin.

The waves felt even stronger as the trip progressed, and my seasickness became debilitating.

The Lake Express crew was clearly well-trained and used to passengers becoming seasick. As soon as they saw me looking a little green, they provided me with ginger ale, ginger chews, saltines, anti-nausea wristbands, and sickness bags.

Even though I was having a rough time, I felt well taken care of.

On the bright side, the bathrooms were spacious and clean.

The bathroom looked similar to bathrooms I'd encountered on Amtrak, with a few additional touches like decorative tile and a trash can with a weighted lid to keep it closed as the boat rocked back and forth.

I'd been excited to enjoy the luxury of my premier seat. Instead, I spent most of the journey lying on the floor with a barf bag handy.

The premier cabin where I'd booked my seat was located in the back of the ferry, where the motion of the boat was stronger. I couldn't last more than a few minutes there without feeling like I was going to throw up.

A crew member told me that lying on the floor in the middle of the boat would help me feel more like I was swinging in a hammock or rocking in a chair. It worked. Kind of.

I spent the next two hours regretting the money I'd spent on a seat I wasn't even using, for perks that I didn't feel well enough to enjoy.

Land ho! I felt better once I disembarked in Muskegon, but the nausea and dizziness lingered throughout the day.

I managed to keep a few plain applesauce packets down around lunchtime, but had no appetite to eat anything else for the rest of the day.

In Muskegon, I spent the afternoon at the USS Silversides Submarine Museum with newfound respect for the conditions that sailors endured.

The Lyft driver who drove me from the ferry terminal to the submarine museum was a US Navy veteran himself. He told me that enlisted sailors often got seasick, too, which made me feel less pathetic.

"Some people I served with were just lucky — didn't get seasick at all, ate all of their meals," he said. "And some walked around with buckets."

When it came time to return home, I couldn't bring myself to get back on the ferry. I rented a car and drove home instead.

After a few hours of fresh air and fascinating World War II history, some of the color returned to my cheeks. However, I knew if I got back on the ferry, I would immediately feel awful again. The mere thought of being tossed around by the waves on the journey home made my stomach churn.

Unfortunately, since it was less than 24 hours before my return trip, my ferry ticket home wasn't refundable.

I shelled out $123.27 for a rental car from Muskegon's tiny airport and hit the road.

The drive from Muskegon to Milwaukee took about 4 ½ hours, but it was worth it to me.

The route took me down the Michigan coast, across Indiana and Illinois, and back up into Wisconsin, totaling around 300 miles.

I returned my rental car in Milwaukee and resolved to appreciate Lake Michigan's beauty from its shores in the future.

About one in three people experience motion sickness, and genetics are a determining factor, according to a 2015 study published in the Oxford University Press' Human Molecular Genetics.

The simple truth is that some people get seasick and some don't, and I do. Even though I took motion sickness medicine ahead of the trip, it wasn't effective enough to quell my symptoms.

If you're one of those lucky people who doesn't get seasick, the Lake Express ferry is a great option to cut across Lake Michigan for a shorter, more scenic trip than driving.

If you're a landlubber like me, learn from my mistakes. Don't spring for the more expensive cabin. Check the weather and wave heights ahead of time. And keep your options open for your return trip in case you end up on the floor.

• The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships and earned 12 battle stars during World War II.
• Visitors can tour the vessel at the USS Silversides Submarine Museum in Muskegon, Michigan.
• The submarine was the site of a successful emergency appendectomy in enemy waters in 1942.

Christmas Eve, 1942. The USS Silversides, a US Navy submarine, is surrounded by Japanese warships on a covert patrol in enemy-controlled waters. And George Platter's appendix is about to burst.

Platter, a crew member on the USS Silversides, will die if he doesn't get surgery immediately. When the commanding officer gives the order, crew members spring into action. They fashion surgical tools out of utensils from the galley. They find an ironing board to prop up Platter's feet since the table in the wardroom is too short to lay him flat. They submerge beneath the waves to create more stability for the operation, even though the submarine's batteries are only partially charged.

The pharmacist's mate, Thomas Moore, has never performed the surgery before. He keeps a medical textbook open next to him the whole time.

Platter wakes up during the surgery when the local anesthetic wears off, so they sedate him with ether. It leaks into the rest of the submarine and sedates some of the crew, as well.

After four hours, against all odds, the surgery is successful. Platter makes a full recovery and is back on watch six days later.

It's extraordinary stories like these that are preserved at the USS Silversides Submarine Museum in Muskegon, Michigan. Visitors can climb aboard the historic submarine, which was awarded 12 battle stars for its service in World War II, and explore its battle stations, cramped bunks, and even the operating table where Platter received his appendectomy.

Take a look inside the USS Silversides.

Commissioned in 1941, the USS Silversides sank 23 ships over its 14 war patrols, making it one of the most successful American submarines from World War II.

The Gato-class submarine measures 312 feet long and weighs 2,410 tons while submerged. Its standard crew consisted of eight officers and 72 enlisted men.

After it was decommissioned in 1946, the USS Silversides was used as a teaching submarine and became a National Historic Landmark.

From 1947 to 1969, the USS Silversides was used as a training vessel for the Ninth Naval District in Chicago. It was then moved to the Naval Armory and Navy Pier before arriving in Muskegon to serve as a museum in 1987.

It was also used as a movie set for the 2002 film "Below."

The submarine is now the star attraction at the USS Silversides Museum in Muskegon, Michigan.

The USS Silversides Submarine Museum is open seven days a week from April through December and operates Thursday through Monday in the winter months of January, February, and March.

An all-inclusive ticket to the museum costs $17.50 for adults, $15 for veterans, and is free of charge for active-duty service members. Tickets can be purchased on the museum's website.

Like the USS Cobia in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, the museum also offers visitors the chance to spend a night on the submarine.

The USS Silversides is docked outside the museum in the Muskegon Lake Channel, which leads into Lake Michigan.

The Lake Express ferry passes by the USS Silversides Submarine Museum on its route between Muskegon and Milwaukee. As I began my tour of the submarine, the ferry honked its horn as passengers waved at me from the upper deck.

The deck featured weapons such as a 4-inch, 50-caliber deck gun, a 40-millimeter antiaircraft gun, and a 20-millimeter surface-to-surface gun.

The 40-millimeter antiaircraft gun had the longest range, capable of shooting targets up to 22,800 feet away.

A plaque on the deck memorialized crew member Mike Harbin, who was killed by enemy fire while manning the deck gun.

Harbin was 19 years old when he was shot in battle on May 10, 1942. He was buried at sea.

The torpedo loading ramp was made of a wood called lignum vitae, which gets slippery when wet.

Lignum vitae is Latin for "wood of life."

The rest of the deck was made of teak wood, which is impervious to water, fire, and termites. It also doesn't float, which was crucial to maintain the submarine's covert operations if a piece broke off.

Decals on the side of the submarine indicated its many wartime accomplishments.

The USS Silversides featured stickers showing that it sank 30 ships, but that number has since been amended to 23, Bethann Egan, the museum's executive director, told BI.

The USS Silversides also damaged 14 ships, cleared 16 enemy mines, and rescued two American paratroopers.

The first stop on my tour was the forward torpedo room, where crew members loaded torpedoes into the six torpedo tubes.

The room slept 16 crew members on bunks that unfolded alongside the torpedoes, which measured 22 feet long and weighed 3,000 pounds.

Lockers located above the bunks were used to store personal possessions.

All of a crew member's personal items had to fit into one small locker.

Colored lights were used to help crew members' eyes adjust to the dark to prevent night blindness.

If the submarine was too bright inside, crew members wouldn't be able to see in the dark if they went up onto the deck at night during an attack.

The lights used to be blue and then switched to red, which is why the light fixture said "blue" on it even though the light bulb was red.

The shower and bathroom in the forward torpedo room were used by the officers, whose bunks were located down the hall.

Flushing the toilet on the USS Silversides was a 12-step process. One wrong move would cause the toilet's contents to shoot back out.

Meals were plated and reheated in the officers' pantry.

Officers ate the same meals as the rest of the crew, but dined in the privacy of the ward room instead of the crew's mess.

The pantry also stocked snacks and coffee.

The table on display in the wardroom was the original table where George Platter's successful appendectomy took place in 1942.

"The pharmacist's mate who actually performed it did not technically have permission from all the way up, but the commander made the decision that this needed to happen or else the sailor was going to die," Egan said. "So he stood up for him and made sure that he was not court-martialed after."

The wardroom also served as the officers' dining room and lounge.

The higher an officer's rank, the fewer people he had to share a room with.

Junior and senior officers served as administrators on the submarine, while the executive officer, known as the "XO," was second-in-command to the commanding officer.

Officers' quarters included fold-out desks and sinks.

The rooms also came with storage areas where they could hang their uniforms.

The commanding officer enjoyed the only private room on the submarine.

His stateroom featured a depth gauge and a compass above the bed so that he could tell how deep the submarine was and which way it was facing at all times.

Chief petty officers slept in a room nicknamed the "goat locker."

According to the Naval History and Heritage Command, the nickname dates back to the 1890s, when chief petty officers took care of the goats kept on ships for fresh milk.

Another explanation is that chief petty officers served in the Navy for over a decade to reach their positions and were known as "old goats."

In the yeoman's shack, the yeoman handled the submarine's paperwork.

In addition to managing personnel records, the yeoman also kept logs of the submarine's changes in direction, speed, and depth.

In the control room, crew members managed the USS Silversides' vital functions with numerous technical instruments.

The bow and stern plane wheels pictured above controlled the submarine's depth and angle.

The commanding officer would give commands like "Two degrees right rudder," which the crew would repeat and execute.

The ship's inclinometer worked like a carpenter's level to show if the submarine was tilting to one side or the other.

Keith Gill, the museum's director of curatorial services, told BI that staff members use this inclinometer "every day" to check on the submarine.

"It's almost never centered, and that's because we have some leaks in some tanks that we're monitoring and adjusting air pressure to keep water out," Gill said.

The hull opening indicator light panel was known as the "Christmas tree" for its red and green lights.

A green light indicated that a vent or hatch was closed, while red meant it was open. The submarine could only submerge when the board was fully lit up in green.

The helmsman's wheel steered the submarine.

On some World War II submarines, such as the USS Becuna, the main helm was located in the conning tower above the control room. On the USS Silversides, the main helm was in the control room itself.

The control room also housed the compressed air manifold and trim manifold.

The compressed air manifold distributed compressed air throughout the submarine, which was used to start the engines, fire torpedoes, and surface the vessel.

The trim manifold showed how much weight was located in different tanks on the submarine and moved water between them to maintain the ship's balance as it used up fuel or fired weapons.

In the radio room, crew members could communicate with vessels up to 12,000 miles away.

Most communications happened in code.

Cooks prepared all of the crew's meals in the galley.

Cooks were also trained to operate the deck guns and perform other technical tasks around the submarine.

Gill noted that during World War II, Black crew members were often relegated to roles in the kitchen and were not allowed to advance beyond serving as stewards due to the Navy's segregation policies.

"One of the negative sides of our past is how we treated African-American citizens," he said. "They were in the military, but they were segregated somewhat. On a Navy ship, on a sub, you really can't segregate, but you can control what they're doing."

The kitchen featured a piece of equipment I'd never seen on a submarine before: a soft-serve ice cream machine.

The kitchen also included a deep fryer.

Crew members ate meals in three shifts in the crew's mess.

Submarines were known for doing some of the most dangerous work and having some of the most difficult living conditions in the military, but they made up for it by ensuring sailors received the best food.

Submariners also received hazard pay, the highest in the Navy.

The enlisted men also slept in shifts in the crew's quarters.

Newer crew members slept on the bottom bunks, which could also occasionally be used as food storage early on in a patrol.

"Supposedly, they called this the honeymoon suite on top," Egan said. "I don't know if that's 100% accurate."

The mattresses in the two middle bunks were placed so close together that they essentially functioned as one bed.

Regular crew members only showered every 13 to 15 days in the crew's washroom.

Officers showered every three to five days, while the cooks showered every day since they were handling food.

The forward and after engine rooms each contained two 1,600-horsepower diesel engines manufactured by Fairbanks and Morse.

At top speed, the USS Silversides could travel at 21 knots, or about 24 miles per hour.

The forward engine room also contained two evaporators that distilled ocean water into fresh water.

The engines are still operational.

The USS Silversides' insignia was painted on one of the after engines.

The logo depicts a silverside fish smoking a cigar and holding a torpedo.

The maneuvering room was manned by two electricians who controlled the propulsion of the submarine.

At full power, the USS Silversides used 4 million watts of electricity.

The last stop on the tour was the after torpedo room in the back of the submarine.

The after torpedo room was smaller than the forward torpedo room, with four torpedo tubes and room for eight torpedoes.

The room displayed a real demilitarized Mark 18 electric torpedo.

Electric torpedoes like the Mark 18 didn't leave a wake, or trail of waves, behind them, making them more difficult to detect.

After I finished my tour of the submarine, I visited the museum itself, which featured photos and artifacts from World War II and beyond.

I particularly enjoyed an exhibit about the appendectomy that took place in the wardroom featuring photos from the procedure.

Preserving the aging submarine is no small task, but the USS Silversides remains a fascinating testament to the dedication of American service members in World War II.

After running its engines in an annual Memorial Day tribute, the museum hopes to give the USS Silversides its first oil change since the 1950s this summer. Eventually, the entire vessel will have to be removed from the water and dry-docked due to leaks in its tanks.

The museum applied for federal funding through the Save America's Treasures grant program, but Egan said they may not end up receiving it due to sweeping cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency.

"They have not officially cut that funding source yet, but it's not looking good," Egan said.

When the submarine was on active duty, the entire 80-person crew worked tirelessly to maintain the ship, and the Navy financed all necessary repairs and upgrades. The USS Silversides Submarine Museum's preservation efforts, however, are privately funded and largely volunteer-driven.

"We're just poor museum people who are trying to honor the commitment that these guys made over 14 war patrols to protect our country," Gill said.

A Michigan judge ruled on Tuesday that the state's 24-hour waiting period and informed consent rules restricting abortion were unconstitutional.

The waiting period, which allows abortion-seekers to consider their options before the procedure, was voted into the state constitution by Michigan voters in 2022, before being challenged in a 2024 lawsuit filed by abortion rights groups.

"The mandatory delay exacerbates the burdens that patients experience seeking abortion care, including by increasing costs, prolonging wait times, increasing the risk that a patient will have to disclose their decision to others, and potentially forcing the patient to forgo a medication abortion for a more invasive procedure," state Court of Claims Judge Sima Patel wrote in her opinion.

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Patel also ruled it was unconstitutional to ban nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants from performing abortions.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a post on X that she was "overjoyed" with the decision.

"I’m overjoyed to say that the Michigan Court of Claims has seen these restrictive provisions for what they are: an unconstitutional overreach that infringes on our constitutional right to make our own reproductive health decisions," Whitmer wrote. "Today’s ruling reaffirms what we already know: reproductive health decisions belong between a patient and their doctor, not the government. I’m proud to know that this Women’s Health Week, we can celebrate by protecting and expanding women’s fundamental rights and freedoms."

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Michigan Catholic Conference President and CEO Paul Long said the intent of the proposal was to grant constitutional protections to "an industry that places itself above the health and safety of women and the lives of pre-born children."

"This decision is a tragic reminder that the normalization of abortion in Michigan exists to the detriment of some 31,000 children every year who will never have the opportunity to experience the gift and blessings of life," Long wrote in a statement. "Now, more than ever, we encourage others to envision a world where human life at every stage – from conception to a natural end – is truly cherished and protected, where expecting mothers are supported with love and care and have access to maternal needs, regardless of the circumstance of the pregnancy."

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If the decision is appealed, the case would be elevated to the Michigan Court of Appeals.

U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow told a Michigan crowd last month that gender-inclusive language was pushed by the Democratic Party's "more progressive groups," despite including "inclusive language" in her constituent newsletters as recently as November. 

McMorrow, a Michigan state senator, said at the Michigan Democratic Party Rural Summit on April 12 that she "got some flack" from Democrats who encouraged her to use "inclusive language" around the time of the Dobbs decision in 2022, which overturned Roe v. Wade and returned abortion law to the states. 

"You may have heard phrases like ‘birthing persons’ or ‘chestfeeding,’ which was a push by some of our more progressive groups to be more inclusive, so that we were capturing the fact that occasionally, trans men or women may need reproductive care," McMorrow said. "That is not untrue. But, if we were thinking about who we needed to move to our side to have the votes we needed to accomplish the goal, when you say things that are kind of made-up phrases, it becomes really alienating."

While McMorrow acknowledges how that language can actually be "alienating" to voters outside the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and is running a campaign that rejects "performative nonsense," McMorrow chose to include that very language in several constituent newsletters describing Michigan legislation supported by the Senate Democratic Caucus. 

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As recently as November 2024, McMorrow's constituent newsletter – which highlights the Michigan Democrat's legislative agenda, spotlights community events and shares good news from the district – including descriptions of Senate bills using "inclusive language," like "birthing parent."

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In McMorrow's newsletter, Senate Bills 1127 and 1128 are described as requiring "private insurers and Medicaid to provide coverage for group-based pregnancy support programs, which are shown to result in improved health outcomes for both the birthing parent and baby." 

Similar language was included in a newsletter the month before describing the Momnibus bill package as "amplifying the voices of Black and Brown birthing people."

The same "birthing individuals" language was included in an April 2024 newsletter, describing the Momnibus bill package as created to "strengthen community-driven programs, enhance prenatal care and maternal healthcare, and amplify the voices of Black birthing individuals, mothers, women, families, and stakeholders."

While descriptions of "birthing" people or individuals are included in McMorrow's newsletter, her campaign said she did not write those words. 

Andrew Mamo, McMorrow for Michigan spokesman, told Fox News Digital in a statement: "As she wrote in her book and says on the campaign trail, Mallory knows Democrats need to talk like real people and not use fabricated language that, while intending to be ‘inclusive,’ sounds so unfamiliar that it’s weird to a majority of people. These legislative updates weren’t written by Mallory, and she has continued to advocate even within her own caucus the need to change how Democrats speak."

The campaign said that while the state senator writes a portion of her constituent newsletters, the "birthing" language had been written by the Senate Democratic Caucus. However, those bill descriptions are not attributed to anyone in McMorrow's newsletter.

McMorrow's campaign also pointed to pages in her book released in March that argued the pressure to use "inclusive language" fails at "defining your audience," as Democrats continue to grapple with losing the House, Senate and White House in November. 

McMorrow, considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, announced her bid for U.S. Senate to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters early last month, framing herself as an outsider and calling for a new generation of leaders in Washington. 

McMorrow has said she would not vote for Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to continue as the party leader, adding that it is time for him to step back.

The 38-year-old Michigan state senator garnered national attention for her viral speech to the Michigan state senate in 2022, where she pushed back on allegations from a Republican lawmaker that she was "grooming" and "sexualizing" children. 

"I am the biggest threat to your hollow, hateful scheme," McMorrow said, calling out Republican state Sen. Lana Theis for invoking her name in a fundraising email. "We will not let hate win."

As DNC Vice Chair David Hogg seeks to spend millions on primarying older Democrats in blue districts, the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm suggested they are taking the exact opposite tact ahead of the 2026 midterms.

"With Democrats like Jon Ossoff openly calling to impeach President Trump, no one should put their personal ambitions above protecting the president’s legacy and majorities," National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) communications director Joanna Rodriguez told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

"Leader [John] Thune and Chairman [Tim] Scott have been clear that the NRSC’s goal is to protect President Trump’s majority in the Senate, and they know Mike Rogers and John Cornyn are the best candidates to do that in their respective races." 

The issue arose as both men – a former Michigan congressman seeking Sen. Gary Peters’ to-be-open seat and an incumbent Texas senator, respectively – may see substantive primary challenges.

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An NRSC official reportedly told donors on a Tuesday conference call that people seeking to aid Senate races in both states should only give to Rogers and Cornyn, according to Axios.

When reached, an NRSC official did not wave Fox News Digital off that report.

Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., is considering a run for Peters’ seat, and Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, is doing the same in the Lone Star State, according to several reports.

NRSC political director Brendan Jaspers said, according to Axios, that no other candidates but Rogers and Cornyn – "declared or posturing" – should be supported by substantive donors, unless and until they decide to hold onto their seats in a narrowly Republican-majority House of Representatives.

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A Huizenga spokesperson told Fox News Digital it is important to "remember that Michigan voters have the ultimate say."

"We continue to hear from grassroots activists, Republican primary voters and donors both here in Michigan and around the country who are looking for an alternative. Sadly, it seems that Washington insiders prefer predictable candidates, regardless of success."

Fox News Digital reached out to the DNC for comment from Hogg regarding Republicans shaping their campaign strategy in direct contrast to his own.

"Republicans are clearly so afraid of losing seats in the House with their extremely unpopular agenda that party leaders are urging House members not to run for higher office," a DNC spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 

"Republicans should be afraid of losing elections as they push a budget bill that will cut vital programs for hardworking Americans to pay for another billionaire tax handout — all as the country braces for a Trump recession."

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Hogg’s strategy incensed party elders, including Bill Clinton confidant James Carville, who recently remarked, "Does he really think the problem that we‘re facing in the United States today is because we got 65-year-old Democrats in office? Why don’t you take on a Republican? That‘s your job."

However, Carville has since softened his stance, appearing to compare Hogg to Ulysses S. Grant by referencing a popular anecdote in which President Abraham Lincoln purportedly defended Grant against calls for his dismissal after the 1862 Battle of Shiloh, reportedly saying, "I can't spare this man; he fights."

Hunt’s office could not be reached for comment for the purposes of this story. 

FIRST ON FOX: A pro-Trump legal nonprofit has filed an official complaint with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) calling for an investigation into diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices at a prominent Midwest hospital system following a Fox News Digital report on criticism of those policies. 

The complaint, which was filed by America First Legal (AFL) to the Civil Rights Office of HHS, charges that Henry Ford Health (HFH) has "implemented and institutionalized an organization of race- and sex-based discrimination under the banner of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ("DEI") across its operations, including its employment practices, residency programs, and delivery of patient services."

The complaint comes after Consumers' Research, a leading nonprofit dedicated to consumer information, launched an ad campaign alleging the hospital's DEI policies and transgender treatment for children had put "politics over patients," Fox News Digital exclusively reported.

The AFL is demanding an "immediate investigation," as it accuses HFH of using federal dollars to promote DEI initiatives, including racial quotas in their hiring practice, prioritizing organ transplants based on race, elevating "identity-restricted" students for medical scholarships and awarding supplier contracts based on race and gender. 

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"Failure to act in the face of such egregious and well-documented violations would not only signal tolerance of unlawful discrimination but would undermine the federal government’s duty to ensure that taxpayer dollars are not used to advance unconstitutional or ideologically driven practices," the AFL wrote in the complaint. 

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The complaint accuses HFH of violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, gener or national origin, and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits such discrimination within the healthcare industry. 

The AFL also alleges that HFH is violating President Donald Trump's executive order signed this year that bans federal support for DEI mandates.

"Since 2021, HFH has received nearly $1 billion in federally obligated awards containing DEI-related provisions that embed race and sex-based priorities into clinical, research, and administrative functions. These awards show that HFH operates federally funded programs that affirmatively integrate DEI into its internal governance, recruitment, clinical decision-making, and service delivery," the AFL said. 

The complaint described HFH's "discriminatory programs and practices" as "flagrant, ongoing, and systematic violations of non-discrimination mandates" and an "unlawful misuse of federal taxpayer funds."

In addition to a formal investigation into HFH's alleged violations, the AFL is requesting a compliance review of all HHS-funded programs, a suspension of all race- and sex-based policies and practices, revised HFH plans to comply with "federal civil rights law," legal and administrative penalties for noncompliance and referal of "any potentially unlawful conduct" to federal enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of Inspector General. 

The AFL described the Midwest hospital as perpetrating a "sweeping, deliberate, and ongoing pattern of discriminatory practices by a major healthcare institution receiving significant federal support."

The complaint is addressed to leading Trump Cabinet members, including HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Attorney General Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 

It also addresses Department of Justice Civil Rights Chief Harmeet K. Dillon, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea R. Lucas, Director of Office of Federal Operations at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Carlton M. Hadden and Senior Bureau Official at the Department of State Riley M. Barnes.

"Henry Ford Health is prioritizing politics over patients," Will Hild, Consumers' Research executive director, told Fox News Digital this month during the advertising campaign launch. "Driven by gender ideology, Henry Ford has continued performing deeply harmful and irreversible sex-change treatments on children and must be stopped… Consumers' Research will continue to put these hospitals on blast for putting a woke agenda over patient care."

Consumers’ Research targeted the Detroit hospital with a campaign earlier this month called "Ford Health Exposed" that included a website spotlighting its "discriminatory practices" that it said included "administering harmful transgender treatments on kids, and prioritizing a radical climate agenda."

The Henry Ford Health website is littered with examples of "woke" ideology being promoted, including DEI, which the hospital admitted on its website is "woven into the fabric of everything we do."

"Diversity always will be the foundation on which Henry Ford Health stands," the organization’s website states.

The website also openly promotes its use of "unconscious bias training" as well as Employee Resource Groups to promote its "diversity" agenda that it says will "enhance the quality of care and comfort for each person that we serve."

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The healthcare system also promotes what it describes on its website as "supplier diversity," where it prioritizes working with businesses that are at least 51% owned by LGBTQ+ persons or certain minority categories. 

"Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are simply not enough," Kimberlydawn Wisdom, senior vice president of community health and equity and chief wellness and diversity officer at Henry Ford Health, said in a 2021 newsletter posted on the provider’s website.

An HHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the department "does not comment on potential or active investigations."

In a statement to Fox News Digital, a Henry Ford Health spokesperson said, "Henry Ford Health respects and fully complies with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws."

"For more than a century, Henry Ford Health has been fully committed to serving Michigan's richly diverse communities, providing health care services and employment opportunities to everyone. Our commitment to non-discrimination remains steadfast," the spokesperson continued.

• Donald Trump celebrated his first 100 days in office with a rally in Michigan.
• Immigration was a primary concern among attendees.
• I went to the rally and spoke with people about their impressions.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump marked his first 100 days in office — for the second time.

I attended the rally, which took place in Macomb County, Michigan, just north of Detroit. I arrived at about 4 p.m. ET, shortly before the doors of the venue, an expo center for trade shows, closed. Trump was scheduled to speak at 6 p.m.

When I arrived, the venue was about three-quarters full, which felt surprisingly sparse for a milestone like Trump's first 100 days.

Protesters lined up outside. By 5 p.m., it looked like thousands of people were carrying signs, megaphones, pride flags, and dozens of inverted American flags — a signal of distress.

There were also several vendors outside selling hats, shirts, and other MAGA merch.

"We did good," one vendor told me when I asked him how he thought Trump fared in his first 100 days.

The atmosphere inside was celebratory.

In many ways, the crowd was rallying around the downsizing of the federal government. But the White House DOGE office was far from the top issue among the 15 attendees I spoke with. Immigration stood out as the primary concern in more than half of my interviews.

A brick-patterned suit and Americana on full display

Blake Marnell, a 60-year-old from San Diego, was garnering attention from the press for his bright orange brick-patterned suit when I approached him.

"This is my suit to support the border wall," Marnell said. "It's always been one of his policies that I support the most."

He told me he was wearing a costume suit he bought "off the rack" in England and has been sporting it at political events since 2019. An online search shows that his suit has made him so recognizable that he's often referred to as "Brick Suit."

Marnell noted that US Customs and Border Protection said illegal border crossings were down 95%. The agency said it apprehended 7,181 immigrants crossing the southwest border between ports of entry in March, a 95% decrease from March 2024.

This was my first time attending any sort of Trump programming, but it was clear there was a loose dress code. MAGA hats were a must. Many people wore red. There was a full display of Americana — flag-patterned dresses, camo, denim bedazzled with rhinestones.

A 60-year-old woman who asked not to be named told me she thought Trump had "done very well first 100 days, especially when it comes to the border," she said.

"My parents came in the right way," she said, adding that they emigrated from the Netherlands to Rochester, New York. "They were actually sponsored by a family member," she said.

Some people appeared to have been at the rally simply for the spectacle of it all. Nina, a 26-year-old from Montenegro, told me she was visiting Michigan for her friend's wedding this weekend. Among the activities they had planned, including going to a concert, Nina said she thought it would be a "fun experience" to see the American president.

Trump arrives onstage

About 30 minutes before Trump was scheduled to speak, the event organizers asked for volunteers to move to a set of bleachers close to the stage. That way, when Trump arrived, he'd see a full arena, the organizers said.

As the crowd waited for Trump, I chatted with a 31-year-old. He told me that his parents came to the US from Iraq and that he was originally a Democrat. Trump's "marketing skills" won him over, he said.

By the time Trump arrived, a bit after 6 p.m., the venue was filled with thousands of people.

"This is the best, they say, 100-day start of any president in history," Trump said after he took the stage. "We've just gotten started."

He listed his achievements since he assumed office for the second time. Week after week, he said, the administration has been ending illegal immigration, taking back jobs, protecting the country's workers, restoring rule of law, ending the "inflation nightmare," eliminating "woke lunacy," stopping the "indoctrination" of children, and slashing billions in waste, fraud, and abuse.

Trump has signed a record 142 executive orders since he started his second term. They relate to issues such as immigration sanctions and contracts with top law firms.

The past 14 weeks have been a "revolution of common sense," he said.

Here's a quick rundown.

DOGE has pushed almost a quarter million federal workers out of their jobs, Politico said. And more cuts are yet to come, whether or not Elon Musk, Trump's advisor and DOGE champion, hangs around. The office claims on its website to have saved $160 billion, or close to $994 per taxpayer. But Musk said in a Cabinet meeting earlier this month that he expected the group would save just $150 billion by 2026.

Unemployment has risen slightly from 4% to 4.2% since Trump took office. The US added 228,000 jobs in March, exceeding the average monthly gain of 158,000 over the prior 12 months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The consumer price index unexpectedly fell about 0.1% in March, according to the BLS. This marks its first drop since 2020. But supply chain experts and logistics researchers told Business Insider that Americans should expect significant disruptions in both the availability and the prices of products in the coming weeks in light of Trump's tariffs.

Tariffs have also roiled the stock market. The S&P 500 is down 10% from its February record highs. Economists are increasingly saying a recession is likely.

The tariffs are also forcing companies big and small to rethink their plans. Small-business owners told BI that tariffs were cutting into profit margins and forcing them to raise prices. Corporations have paused imports, sales, and the production of goods in facilities outside the US. Companies are laying off workers.

The full effects of the tariffs remain unclear as Trump negotiates with countries during a 90-day pause.

Trump has also dismantled federal diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and told government agencies to "take strong action to end private sector DEI discrimination." He's ordered federal funding for the "promotion of gender ideology and discriminatory equity ideology" to be cut from K-12 schools in the name of ending "radical indoctrination."

A focus on border security and immigration

In his speech, Trump commended his administration, saying it had curtailed migration at the southern border, alongside drug cartels and gangs.

"We've achieved the most secure border in American history," he said.

He later shouted out Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — photographed last month wearing a Rolex at a maximum-security prison holding Venezuelan migrants who the Trump administration says were involved with the Tren de Aragua gang — saying she was doing great work.

Despite attendees' focus on immigration, two people told me they were surprised — and a little disturbed — by the high-drama video of migrants being arrested and imprisoned that was played about 25 minutes into Trump's speech.

In total, Trump spent about an hour and a half onstage.

He resurfaced his usual schtick. Trump repeatedly took aim at the media. He asked the crowd whether Biden should be called "sleepy" or "crooked."

He also praised Musk, DOGE, and what he said was the firing of "unnecessary deep-state bureaucrats."

And for all the commotion around Trump's tariffs, four people I spoke with appeared relatively staid on the matter. Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that pared down some auto tariffs, though the 25% levy on imported cars is set to remain. Those tariffs are the most likely to affect Michigan voters.

One attendee, who said he was under 30 and declined to share his name, told me that the tariffs were just "a sign he's arrived." The 60-year-old woman who said her parents came from the Netherlands said Trump may need to better weigh which items need to be under tariffs.

For some of Trump's loyal supporters, if they had any complaints, it seemed to be about the miscommunication they said surrounded some of his policies.

"I'm still a supporter, but I'm a little disappointed in the way he's handled the communication that's going out to the American people around his policies," one 30-year-old told me. "Time will tell, as they say."

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., greeted President Donald Trump on the tarmac in Michigan before his speech to National Guard members on Tuesday, where she also spoke at the event without hiding her face.

"Well, I hadn’t planned to speak, but on behalf of all the military men and women who serve our country and serve so honorably on behalf of the State of Michigan, I am really damn happy we’re here," Whitmer said.

Fox News co-host Judge Jeanine Pirro said on "The Five" Tuesday that Whitmer had a chance to set the tone for the Democratic Party.

"I think that…of course, she's there because of the troops, but there are some Democrats who wouldn't be in the same room with Donald Trump," Pirro said. "I think that she did the right thing, and I think that wanting to work with the president to bring back manufacturing to Michigan is a smart move."

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During the event on Tuesday, Trump unveiled plans to swap out the retiring A-10 Warthog aircraft based out of Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan with 21 brand-new F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets.

Trump shared the details during a speech to National Guard members at the Michigan base before an event commemorating his 100th day in office.

"So I want to thank Governor Gretchen Whitmer for bringing it also to our attention very strongly. And, you know, I'm not supposed to do that. She's a Democrat. They say, 'Don't do that. Don't have her here.' I said, 'No, she's going to be here,'" Trump said. "She's done a very good job, frankly. And she's she was very much involved with, with the Republicans. They worked together on saving it. And it was not easy. So I want to thank you very much, Gretchen. Good job."

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Whitmer’s presence Tuesday came a few weeks after seemingly hiding her face during a meeting with Trump in the Oval Office.

Whitmer was criticized for shielding her face with a folder as a photo of the moment became a meme on social media.

She poked fun at the now-viral moment by once again holding folders up in front of her face when asked about her trip to Washington, D.C., during an event at the Detroit Economic Club after the meeting with the president. 

"… I don’t want my picture taken, that’s all it was. I kind of wished I hadn’t put my folder up in front of my face, but whatever. You know I was there … I just wrote a book about learning to laugh at yourself, so I’m pretty good at it. We all have our moments," Whitmer said. 

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The governor's trip to Washington brought her 2028 presidential ambitions into the national conversation as she struck a diplomatic tone with Trump. She carefully criticized Trump's tariffs while saying she understood the "motivation behind the tariffs" and even agreeing with Trump that we "need to make more stuff in America."

Whitmer's Oval Office moment marked her second meeting with Trump in less than a month, and Tuesday’s meeting now marks the third. As Trump signed executive orders from the Oval Office on April 9 and answered questions from the press, he said Whitmer had "done an excellent job" as governor and called her a "very good person," a break from his typical lines of attack on her character. 

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When Trump signed the executive orders calling for the investigation of two first-term administration aides who were critical of his actions, Whitmer’s office said she was brought into the room "without any notice" and that her appearance was "not an endorsement of the actions taken or statements made."

But Trump called the issues "bipartisan" and jokingly added, "We'll all stand there together and cut a ribbon. OK, Gretchen?"

Fox News Digital’s Diana Stancy and Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.

President Donald Trump laughed off a protester who attempted to disrupt a speech he was giving in Michigan marking his first 100 days in office, joking that he "thought it was a guy."

As the president was praising Republican National Committee leader Michael Watley, there appeared to be some type of disruption in the crowd, causing the president to pause his speech.

"What's the problem over there?" Trump said. "What’s the problem? Is that a radical left lunatic? He's just a child. All right, get him out."

As security personnel removed the protester and the crowd booed, Trump apologized for calling the person a man, alluding that it actually was a woman who was thrown out.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, ma'am, I thought it was a guy," Trump said. "I'm sorry, I said he and it's a she."

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Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for confirmation and has not yet received a reply.  

Trump continued, quipping that "she now has to go home to a mother who's a big Trump fan. Her mother's watching."

During his speech, Trump slammed former President Joe Biden, and touted the first 100 days of his second term as the "most successful" of any administration in history.

The president's remarks came during Trump's first major political rally since taking office, organized to celebrate Trump's achievements throughout his second term thus far.

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"We're here tonight in the heartland of our nation to celebrate the most successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country — and that's according to many, many people," Trump told a roaring crowd of supporters. "This is the best, they say, 100-day start of any president in history, and everyone is saying it."

"Week by week, we're ending illegal immigration. We're taking back our jobs, are protecting our great American auto workers and all of our workers. Frankly, we're protecting all of our workers. We're restoring the rule of law," he said.

"We've just gotten started. You haven't seen anything yet. It's just kicking off."

Fox News Digital's Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.

During a Michigan speech marking his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump slammed Democrats and Republican "grandstanders" opposing his "big beautiful" budget reconciliation bill — saying that if they succeed Americans will see the "highest tax increase in history."

He said that his bill has "100 percent, just about Republican support," but said it "would be nice if we had just a couple of Democrats just to make sure, because, you know, every once in a while, you have a grandstander Republican. We have some grandstanders." 

As the crowd booed, Trump noted there were "not many" Republicans opposing his bill, but he urged viewers to "remember who those grandstanders were and vote them the hell out of office."

Trump cautioned that if the bill fails, the U.S. is "going to have the highest tax increase in history instead of the greatest tax cut in history."

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"If the Democrats prevail on this bill, you get a 58% tax increase," asking the crowd, "would you like that?"

"All my life I've been watching, and I've never heard people campaigning that they're going to raise taxes. It's always been, ‘We will reduce your taxes,’ Democrat, Republican. Now they go, we're going to raise your taxes," he said. "I've never seen all the years that they campaign: ‘We will raise your taxes.’ I said, ‘This country has gone crazy.’"

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Though Democrats are sure to largely oppose Trump’s spending bill, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters after a Monday meeting with Republican leaders that House and Senate GOP leaders are "in lockstep" on passing the budget bill.

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Republicans are seeking to fit Trump’s priorities on energy, defense, border security and taxes into the bill, as well as raise the debt ceiling — another item the president specifically asked GOP lawmakers to deal with.

Fox News Digital also recently reported that House Republicans are carving out $68.8 billion for Trump's border wall and to hire more agents in the field amid talks on the spending bill to advance the commander-in-chief’s agenda.

Fox News Digital’s Liz Elkind and Kelly Phares contributed to this report.

President Donald Trump touted the first 100 days of his second term as the "most successful" of any administration in history during a Michigan rally with supporters Tuesday evening. 

The president's remarks came during Trump's first major political rally since taking office, organized to celebrate Trump's achievements throughout his second term thus far.

"We're here tonight in the heartland of our nation to celebrate the most successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country — and that's according to many, many people," Trump told a roaring crowd of supporters. "This is the best, they say, 100 day start of any president in history — and everyone is saying it."

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"We've just gotten started, you haven't seen anything yet, it's just kicking off," he added.

Trump's first 100 days of his second term have seen the president aggressively assert his executive authority across a variety of policy areas. He has used his presidential powers to affect change most prominently in the areas of border security, trade, education, civil rights, technology and innovation. 

Trump also has notably used his executive powers to slim down the federal government's bureaucracy, including through both spending and staffing cuts at various federal agencies.

"I read an editorial today that this is the most consequential presidency in history, and it wasn't even by a group that would normally be supporting us," Trump added during his address to supporters, without clarifying where the editorial originated from. "It was a group of people that I think tend to be on the liberal side, but they said it's the most important election."

While Trump supporters and other Republicans have touted the president's accomplishments during his first 100 days, Trump's latest poll numbers suggest that Americans as a whole are less thrilled with the way Trump has steered the nation thus far.

The president stands at 44% approval and 55% disapproval in the most recent Fox News national poll, which was conducted April 18 through April 21.

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His numbers are also underwater in polls released the past few days by ABC News/Washington Post (42% approval–55% disapproval), New York Times/Siena College (42%–54%), CNN (43%–57%), Reuters/Ipsos (42%–53%), Pew Research (40%–59%), and AP/NORC (39%–59%).

Most recent national public opinion surveys, but not all, indicate Trump's approval ratings in negative territory, which marks a slide from the president's poll numbers when he started his second term in January. 

Prior to Trump's rally in Warren, Michigan, the president spoke to members of the National Guard during a visit to Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township. 

During the stop, Trump shared details of a new plan to swap out the base's retiring A-10 Warthog aircraft with 21 brand-new F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets.

President Donald Trump signed an executive action Tuesday softening auto tariffs. 

Senior administration officials said Tuesday while previewing the executive action during a call with the media that the current 25% tariff leveled on imported cars will remain intact but that other similar tariffs, such as tariffs on steel and aluminum, will not stack on top of the 25% auto tariff. 

Trump signed the executive order on Tuesday afternoon, Fox Business confirmed, while he was traveling to a Michigan rally near Detroit — the U.S.' former auto manufacturing capital. Tuesday marks Trump's 100th day in office. 

Additionally, domestic auto manufacturers that finish building cars in the U.S. will receive an offset for automobile part tariffs equal to 3.75% of the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price of a manufacturer's U.S. production for the next 12 months and 2.5% of U.S. production for year following. The figures were calculated to reflect the tariff that would be owed when a 25% duty tax is applied to 15% of the value of a U.S.-assembled car, Fox Digital learned. 

TRUMP TO REDUCE IMPACT OF AUTO TARIFFS AS INDUSTRY MAKES EFFORT TO RETURN MANUFACTURING TO US: 'MAJOR VICTORY'

The 25% tariff on certain auto parts is set to take effect May 3, with administration officials explaining that auto manufacturers can use the offset credits against the tariff on auto parts. The administration stressed that the offset plan is not a rebate. 

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"A part comes into the country and it gets tariffed," a senior Commerce Department official said Tuesday. "And the auto manufacturers say, ‘Look, I sold a car, I have a credit. I have an offset amount of $1,600. Please use that $1,600 tariff offset amount against this particular part.’ So it will not cost the government any money whatsoever. It is basically allowing them to bring 15% foreign parts and put that in their cars." 

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The plan intends to allow all domestic auto manufacturers "to grow their plants, to grow their employment, and to build more factories in America," according to senior Commerce Department officials, by building in a two-year time frame to amp up the U.S. supply chain for the auto industry, according to senior administration officials. 

The White House detailed that under the plan, if a car manufacturer builds a vehicle with 85% U.S. parts or parts made under the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, they will effectively not owe tariffs. 

All other autos and auto parts imported to the U.S. will face 25% tariffs. 

President Donald Trump is slated to hold a rally in Michigan next week in celebration of the first 100 days of his second term in office, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt noted in a post on X.

"President Trump is excited to return to the great state of Michigan next Tuesday, where he will rally in Macomb County to celebrate the FIRST 100 DAYS!" Leavitt declared in the tweet.

Trump, who was sworn in on Jan. 20, is the second U.S. president elected to two non-consecutive terms — the first was President Grover Cleveland in the 19th century.

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Trump won the state of Michigan in 2016 and 2024, but lost it in 2020.

His 2016 win in the state snapped a lengthy Republican losing streak — the last time Michigan had gone to a Republican in a presidential contest was in 1988.

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"There is no better place to celebrate Day 100 than Macomb County," House GOP conference chair Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., declared in a post on X, adding, "Welcome, @POTUS!

Rep. John James, R-Mich., said in a tweet, "Macomb County is honored to welcome President @realDonaldTrump back to MICHIGAN to celebrate the first 100 days of America’s New Golden Age. Together, we will Make Michigan Great Again."

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James launched a gubernatorial bid earlier this month.

Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich. took aim at President Donald Trump on Tuesday as she launched a bid for the open U.S. Senate seat in the crucial Great Lakes battleground state. 

In a video announcing her candidacy, Stevens was flanked by vehicles as she criticized the Trump administration’s tariff policies and vows to protect Michigan's auto industry.

"[Trump's] chaos and reckless tariffs are putting tens of thousands of Michigan jobs at risk," Stevens charged. She also accused the Trump administration of bringing "chaos."

"Haley will work to bring down costs for Michigan families, continue to boost Michigan's manufacturing and auto industries, and stand up to the Trump-Musk chaos agenda," a statement on Stevens' campaign website reads.

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Stevens, who has represented a seat covering parts of suburban Detroit since first winning election to Congress in 2018, highlighted her work to improve America’s auto industry during the Obama administration – and included a clip of former President Barack Obama giving her a shoutout. 

Stevens is the third prominent Democrat to throw her hat in the ring in the 2026 race to succeed retiring two-term Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. 

Earlier this month, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, a rising star in the party, announced her candidacy. McMorrow gained national attention in 2022, thanks to a viral speech she gave in the Michigan Senate as she forcefully pushed back against a Republican lawmaker who had accused her of "grooming" children.

Abdul El-Sayed, the former director of Wayne County’s Department of Health, jumped into the race last week. El-Sayed, who ran unsuccessfully for the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nomination, was endorsed by progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as he launched his Senate bid.

Former Michigan state House Speaker Joe Tate is also seriously considering a run for the Democratic Senate nomination.

Last month, Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who later served as Transportation Secretary in former President Joe Biden's administration, ruled out a campaign after seriously considering a bid.

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As Fox News first reported, former Rep. Mike Rogers, who was the GOP Senate nominee in Michigan in last year's election, last week launched a second straight Republican run for the Senate.

Rogers, a former FBI special agent who later served as chair of the House Intelligence Committee during his tenure in Congress, narrowly lost to Rep. Elissa Slotkin, the Democrats' nominee, in last November's election in the race to succeed longtime Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who retired. Slotkin, who vastly outspent Rogers, edged him by roughly 19,000 votes, or a third of a percentage point.

But Rogers may not have the GOP field to himself.

Earlier this month, longtime Michigan Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga told Fox News that his phone "hasn't stopped ringing" since Peters' announcement.

The Senate race in Michigan is expected to be one of the most high profile and expensive contests of the 2026 election cycle.

The seat is one of three held by the Democrats that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is planning to heavily target as it aims to expand the GOP's current 53-47 majority in the chamber. The other two are in New Hampshire, where longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is retiring rather than running for re-election in 2026, and Georgia, where the GOP considers a first-term Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff vulnerable.

The president of a prominent Christian college in Michigan reacted Thursday to President Donald Trump’s battle with Harvard University — and the billions it stands to lose due to a federal funding freeze over its response to on-campus antisemitism.

"We all have a right to free speech, but if you join the academic community, you don't get to say whatever you want. You can't go to physics class and talk about English Lit. Also, you can't spit on people because they're Jews or denounce them… because that breaks down the friendship that is necessary to the partnership of a college," Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn told Fox News Digital in an interview.

"Now, having said that, of course — you shouldn't say ‘dirty Jew.’ It's perfectly legitimate to say, 'I don't agree with it.' But to say, ‘Israel took that land, and they don't have a right to it,' and the response would be, ‘OK, see if you can prove that.’ That's an academic undertaking," he said.

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"Shouting, preventing people from going to class, threatening them personally. That breaks down the academic community. They shouldn't be doing that. And it's, you know, because the [1964] Civil Rights Act is written in a certain way; if they permit that kind of activity, Harvard is in violation of that act, and that act applies to every organization in America."

A college, being an incubator of learning, should especially be an organization to prohibit such virulent behavior outright, Arnn added.

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Earlier this month, the Trump antisemitism task force froze $2 billion in grants to Harvard, and Trump later floated stripping its tax-exempt status after the school’s administration released a statement saying it would not comply with demands.

Arnn said that, antisemitic behavior or not, there are thousands of stipulations a college must agree to in order to receive funding from the federal Department of Education.

"The government has changed so much since 1960, and it's all over everything now, including education. And Harvard doesn't like some recent things it's been demanded to do, but it's obeying hundreds of pages of rules that are detailed, and they have to comply with because they have a lot of money from the government," he said.

"So the obvious solution would be, don't take the money from the government, which is what we do," he said, referring to Hillsdale.

Arnn said Hillsdale, founded in the mid-19th century in part by friends of then-Illinois attorney Abraham Lincoln, has never been as wealthy as Harvard but remains an exceptional institution.

"The fact that they are defending [themselves] is good, and maybe they should have the complete courage of their convictions and just give [the funding] up," he said.

If the frozen funds account for the school’s annual federal contribution, it would calculate to $90,000 per student, Arnn added, noting the school also has a large endowment.

"Maybe they could make it on their own," he said.

"Every transaction at Hillsdale College… is a voluntary transaction… [N]obody comes here unless they want to, they have to sign an honor code to come."

Arnn compared Hillsdale’s connections to a politically budding Lincoln to Harvard’s title as the oldest college in the country, and Princeton University’s ties to Founding Fathers like President James Madison.

"If James Madison had come to college here, I would never shut up about it, right? Frederick Douglass spoke on our campus twice. I never shut up about that," he said.

Arnn cited how the first Trump administration investigated Princeton after figures there publicized its supposed racist structures.

"[Madison] personally took pride in the fact they had kept the word ‘slave’ out of the Constitution, because although they had to make a compromise and not abolish it in certain ways, and that compromise is for a very big reason," he said.

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"The problem is, we have a set of principles that are perfect, but we will never serve them perfectly," said Arnn. "[T]he attempt to do so can do a lot of harm depending on what the attempt is."

"My suggestion [to Harvard] would be to go in the right direction. It's written in your own history. And you should probably do it with your own resources if you don't like bureaucrats in Washington telling you what to do," he said.

In a statement, Harvard President Alan Garber said Harvard will "not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights," and "no government… should dictate what private universities can teach, who they can admit and hire…"

A former Michigan public health official and Democratic candidate for governor entered the race for the state's open U.S. Senate seat on Thursday in what could be one of the most watched races in the 2026 midterm elections.

Abdul El-Sayed, 40, is the second Democrat to put his name in the running to replace Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who is not seeking reelection. 

El-Sayed, a prominent figure in a movement that was highly critical of support for Israel in the 2024 election cycle, aims to set himself apart from the other Democratic candidates in the race to replace Peters, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow. 

McMorrow has said she would vote against Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., retaining his leadership position should she prevail in the primary and general election to represent the battleground state in the upper chamber of Congress. 

However, El-Sayed held back criticism of Schumer.

"Anybody who tells you that they’re going to unilaterally oppose one potential candidate without knowing who the alternative is, is either unnuanced or unsophisticated," El-Sayed told Politico. "So I want to know who is available, who is actively seeking the leadership. I’ll make a decision from there."

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"What we need right now is somebody who’s willing to take the fight directly to Trump and Musk, but then also knows how to rebuild a version of our federal government that better serves working people after the carnage that Musk and Trump are going to leave behind, and I think I offer that," he told Politico. 

Other Democrats considering a run to replace Peters include U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

El-Sayed was active in the "uncommited movement," a group of anti-Israel, traditionally Democratic voters in Michigan, a critical swing state, who threatened to withhold support from then-President Joe Biden, and then then-Vice President Kamala Harris, over the administration's stance on Gaza. He did say he would back whoever was the eventual Democratic choice for the presidential ticket to oppose now-President Donald Trump, according to Politico.

The Israel-Hamas war exposed deep divisions within the Democratic Party last election cycle, and there is concern the conflict could again make for a messy Senate Democratic primary in Michigan if the American Israel Public Affairs Committee intervenes. The powerful pro-Israel lobby group financially backed Stevens in 2022, when redistricting forced a competitive primary run against fellow Democrat, Rep. Andy Levin.

"Everybody is unified around leadership that reminds the Democratic Party that we ought to be the party of peace and justice, that we ought not to be the party sending bombs and money to foreign militaries to drop bombs on other people’s kids in their schools and their hospitals, when our kids need more, our hospitals and schools need more, and we should be spending that money here at home," El-Sayed  told Politico. 

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El-Sayed ran for governor in 2018 as a progressive Democrat and was endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. 

He came in second in the Democratic primary, losing to Gretchen Whitmer by more than 20 points and beating now-U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar by more than 12 points. Whitmer went on to win the general election and is in the midst of a second term. She cannot run again because of term limits.

A resident of Ann Arbor, El-Sayed recently served as director of the Department of Health, Human and Veterans Services in Wayne County, home to Detroit. Before that, he was the public health director of the city after it declared bankruptcy in 2013.

El-Sayed cautioned Democrats against learning the "wrong lessons" from their defeats. 

"If you cut corners and trim your message, and you triangulate to the least common denominator, you can find something that’s perfectly inoffensive to everyone, and the problem with that is that you’re not actually saying anything," he told Politico. 

El-Sayed said he met with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Tuesday. He told Politico that it was his "understanding" that the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm would not get involved in the primary. If that happens, that deviates from how the DSCC previously acted to clear the field of potential primary candidates to make for an easier primary victory for then-Rep. Elissa Slotkin. Now-Sen. Slotkin, D-Mich., easily won the primary over Hill Harper, and then won the general election.

El-Sayed is also the second candidate this week to launch a campaign to replace Peters. On the Republican side, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers launched his bid on Monday after losing the Senate race last year by 19,000 votes to Democrat Slotkin.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

FIRST ON FOX: Consumers’ Research, a leading nonprofit dedicated to consumer information, is launching an advertising campaign against one of the top healthcare systems in the United States, accusing it of prioritizing "woke" politics over patient care. 

Consumers’ Research is targeting Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan, with a campaign called "Ford Health Exposed" that includes a website where the group says it is spotlighting "how Henry Ford is putting politics over patients by weaving discriminatory practices into everything it does, administering harmful transgender treatments on kids, and prioritizing a radical climate agenda."

The website points out that the Henry Ford Health website is littered with examples of "woke" ideology being promoted, including DEI, which the hospital has said is "woven into the fabric of everything we do."

"Diversity always will be the foundation on which Henry Ford Health stands," the organization’s website states.

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The website also openly promotes its use of "unconscious bias training" as well as Employee Resource Groups to promote its "diversity" agenda that it says will "enhance the quality of care and comfort for each person that we serve."

The healthcare system also promotes what it describes on its website as "supplier diversity," where it prioritizes working with businesses that are at least 51% owned by LGBTQ+ persons or certain minority categories. 

"Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are simply not enough," Kimberlydawn Wisdom, senior vice president of community health and equity and chief wellness and diversity officer at Henry Ford Health, said in a 2021 newsletter posted on the provider’s website. 

"Diversity, equity, and inclusion alone can only mitigate the damage of the past. To prevent the mistakes of the past from burdening our communities in the future, our ultimate destination must be justice."

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Dr. Maureen Connolly, a pediatrician and LGBTQ+ specialist with HFH, wrote an article promoting transgender treatment on kids, which stated, "Gender-affirming medical therapy and supported social transition in childhood have been shown to correlate with improved psychological functioning for gender-variant children and adolescents."

Connolly also promoted "gender exploration" in another article posted on the HFH website that says, "If your daughter says she feels like a boy inside, let her cut her hair, call her by a different name and switch up her wardrobe."

In addition to the agenda promoted on the website, Henry Ford Health is facing accusations of providing gender treatment to children. The hospital has engaged in sex change treatment, surgeries and puberty blocker treatment in recent years, according to a database compiled by Stop The Harm.

Fox News Digital reached out to Henry Ford Health for comment, but the hospital did not respond to the media inquiry. However, the hospital did delete several DEI sections from its website over the last 24 hours that were archived by Fox News Digital.

The ad campaign charges that HFH is "pushing irreversible sex changes on kids."

In 2023, the Ruth Ellis Center nominated HFH for the Ludwig Community Benefit Award for "improving the well-being of their community by delivering integrated healthcare and social services to LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning) youth in Detroit."

"In 2022, Henry Ford providers at Ruth Ellis facilities cared for more than 700 LGBTQ+ patients, including 429 transgender young adults, over the course of more than 6,800 medical visits," a press release touting the partnership between the two entities stated. "The health and wellness centers have been a source of primary care, gender affirming care, comprehensive sexual health services including HIV prevention and treatment, and behavioral health services for dozens of adolescents and young adults."

HFH has also been involved in promoting a liberal climate agenda that included spending millions of dollars last year, according to its own website, to create and promote the Central Energy Hub as part of a push for net zero emissions.

HFH also partnered with an energy company in 2021, according to a press release on the website.

"Sustainability is an integral part of building strong, healthy communities," Bob Riney, Henry Ford Health System’s president of healthcare operations and chief operations officer, said in the release.

"At Henry Ford, health equity is at the foundation of everything we do. It’s an unfortunate fact that low-income communities and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by poor environmental conditions, which are exacerbated by climate change. By investing in clean, renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure, we aim to address health disparities and the growing impacts of climate change regionwide, especially in our historically marginalized communities."

The Consumers' Research campaign will also include mobile billboards outside of hospital locations in Detroit and Macomb, a billboard near the state capitol in Lansing, and chalk stencils around the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. 

"Henry Ford Health is prioritizing politics over patients," Will Hild, Consumers' Research executive director, told Fox News Digital. "Driven by gender ideology, Henry Ford has continued performing deeply harmful and irreversible sex-change treatments on children and must be stopped,"

"The hospital's deliberate mutilation of confused children's bodies is being done in direct defiance of President Trump's orders to eliminate the vile practice for good. Henry Ford Health has also committed to embedding DEI into every facet of its operation, elevating a radical ideological agenda above its fundamental duty to provide excellent scientific-based care," Hild continued. "Considering how many resources Henry Ford has squandered on needless, extreme woke programs, the hospital has rendered itself almost indistinguishable from an activist group, not only spewing radical left-wing talking points but actively imposing these ideologies onto patients and staff. Rather than change course, Henry Ford Health has chosen to wear its transgressions with pride, a chilling testament to how far it has strayed from its original purpose. Consumers' Research will continue to put these hospitals on blast for putting a woke agenda over patient care."

EXCLUSIVE - Former Rep. Mike Rogers, who was the GOP Senate nominee in Michigan in last year's election, is launching a second straight Republican run for the Senate in the crucial Great Lakes battleground state.

Rogers, a former FBI special agent who later served as chair of the House Intelligence Committee during his tenure in Congress, announced his candidacy in the 2026 Senate race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters in a video that was shared nationally first with Fox News.

"As your next senator, I won't just represent Michigan, I'll fight for it," Rogers emphasizes in his video announcement.

Highlighting his long career in the military, the FBI, and as an elected state and federal lawmaker, Rogers says that he is "running to serve as your next senator because service is what I've always done. Michigan, let's get to work."

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And in his video, Rogers also spotlights his support for President Donald Trump, saying "I'll stand with President Trump, and we will deliver on the mandate given to him by the American people….for me it will always be America and Michigan first."

Rogers won the 2024 GOP Senate nomination in Michigan but narrowly lost to Rep. Elissa Slotkin, the Democrats' nominee, in last November's election in the race to succeed longtime Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who retired. Slotkin, who vastly outspent Rogers, edged him by roughly 19,000 votes, or a third of a percentage point.

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The Senate seat in Michigan is one of three held by the Democrats that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is planning to heavily target as it aims to expand the GOP's current 53-47 majority in the chamber. The other two are in New Hampshire, where longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is retiring rather than running for re-election in 2026, and Georgia, where the GOP considers a first-term Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff vulnerable.

Minutes after his announcement, Rogers was endorsed by Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the top ranking Republican in the Senate.

"Mike Rogers is the conservative leader that Michigan needs in the U.S. Senate," Thune said in a statement.

And Rogers was also immediately backed by Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the Senate GOP's campaign arm.

"Michigan is a battleground state, and with Mike as our candidate, I know we will add this seat to President Trump's Senate Majority in 2026," Scott said in a statement.

While Rogers is the first major Republican to enter the Senate race in Michigan, he may not have the field to himself.

Longtime Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga told Fox News last week that as soon as Peters announced earlier this year that he wouldn't seek re-election, "my phone started to ring and it hasn't stopped ringing."

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Huizenga, who was first elected to the House in 2010 and represents Michigan's 4th Congressional District, which covers parts of the southwestern part of the state, highlighted that he's getting "encouragement" to seek the Senate from "grassroots folks," as well as donors.

As for his timetable, Huizenga said: "I'm still going to do my evaluation here, and need to kind of push through on the fundraising and need to make sure that I'm able to get the support that I really need to have to be able to do this kind of run."

Rogers, in an interview Monday morning with Fox News Digital, pointed to his potential primary rivals and said "I think they all understand the importance of being unified going into next year."

And he emphasized that" we’ve done a lot of back work trying to make sure that around the state of Michigan, people were ready to go, Washington D.C. people ready to go."

Asked about the quick endorsements by Thune and Scott, Rogers said "having the majority leader and the chairman of the National Republican Senate committee is huge for us. And it just sends a very clear message: let’s go and we’re in this to win this."

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An endorsement by Trump, whose sway over the GOP is stronger than ever, is expected to play a significant role if there's a contested Republican Senate primary in Michigan.

And while Trump has yet to weigh in on the race, Rogers earlier this year hired veteran Republican strategist and 2024 Trump co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita as a senior advisor. LaCivita remains close to the president and his political team in the White House.

Rogers in 2022 and early 2023 mulled a 2024 Republican presidential nomination run of his own, and had a few critical comments of Trump at the time. But Rogers later became a strong supporter of the then-former president and Trump endorsed Rogers in the 2024 Michigan Senate race in March of last year, after clinching the GOP presidential nomination.

Pointing to Trump's sweeping and often controversial agenda during his first three months back in the White House, Rogers told Fox News Digital "working people in Michigan, they get it. And they understand what he’s trying to do for them, their kids, and their grandkids future."

"I would love to have him [Trump] not only endorse, but come to the state and have conversations about why this is important to the future of the country," Rogers added.

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Besides Rogers and Huizenga, business executive, conservative commentator and 2022 Republican gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon has said she's seriously mulling another run for governor, or for the Senate, in 2026.

And Republican businessman and auto dealership executive Kevin Rinke, who ran for governor in 2022, is also thought to be considering another statewide run next year.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), in a statement following Rogers announcement, emphasized that "Michiganders have already rejected Mike Rogers and his record of abandoning them to walk through the revolving door and get rich, threatening Social Security and Medicare to pay for a tax giveaway for billionaires, and supporting the chaotic tariffs that will spike costs for families."

And DSCC communications director Maeve Coyle added that "no Republican has won a Michigan Senate race for more than three decades and Democrats will hold this seat in 2026."

But Rogers argued that "we know how to put a ground game together to keep us in a very tight seat. Imagine what we can do now that we’ve started this early, raising money, building our ground game. I think we’re going to do absolutely just find. And here’s the good news – all of our polling shows Michigan has moved to the right."

Earlier this month, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow launched a campaign for the Democratic Senate nomination.

Reps. Kristen McDonald Rivet and Haley Stevens are considering a run, as is Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. 

Last month, Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who later served as Transportation Secretary in former President Joe Biden's administration, ruled out a campaign after seriously considering a bid.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, was ribbed online for seeming to hide her face during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. 

Whitmer was seen temporarily shielding her face from cameras in the Oval Office by holding up a folder, according to a photo by the New York Times. 

She later lowered the folder, as the president spoke to the press and encouraged Whitmer to comment as well. The Democratic governor, who clashed with Trump during his first term regarding her COVID-19 lockdown policies, met with the president to discuss recovery from an ice storm that impacted thousands of Michiganders, funding for the Selfridge Air National Guard base near Detroit, protections for the Great Lakes and the automobile industry. 

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Whitmer, joined by Michigan State House Speaker Matt Hall and several Cabinet secretaries, stood steps away from Trump while he signed executive orders Wednesday. 

"We're honored to have Gretchen Whitmer from Michigan, great state of Michigan. And, she's been -- she's really done an excellent job. And a very good person," Trump said. 

Whitmer told reporters afterward that she thought she was coming into the Oval Office for a one-on-one meeting with the president and was taken by surprise by the press conference. 

Her face-shielding was derided online. 

"Whitmer covering her face is the perfect metaphor for the Democratic Party," one user wrote. 

Another X user said, "Gretchen Whitmer hiding behind her files in the White House is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. This is what my 2 year old does."

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"Was this the nail in the coffin of Gretchen Whitmer's political aspirations?" a third user wrote.

Some users joked that Whitmer was "embarrassed" to be photographed with Trump but had no shame in placing a Dorito in the mouth of a podcaster in a 2024 social media post that critics said mocked a Christian sacrament. 

The photo showed Whitmer hiding her face while standing in between Trump aide Natalie Harpe and Deputy Assistant to the President and White House Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Alex Myer. 

Myer shared the photo on X, writing: "#NewProfilePic." 

Whitmer was in Washington to deliver a "Build, America, Build" address in which she called for bipartisan cooperation to strengthen American manufacturing. She was at the White House for her second meeting with Trump in less than a month, this time to talk about tariffs that were expected to disproportionately affect Michigan, whose economy is closely tied to an auto industry reliant on trade with Canada, Mexico and other countries.

In her speech Wednesday, which came before Trump announced he was pausing tariffs in most nations except for China, Whitmer highlighted areas of agreement with Trump on tariffs but criticized how they had been implemented.

"I understand the motivation behind the tariffs, and I can tell you, here’s where President Trump and I do agree. We do need to make more stuff in America," said Whitmer, before adding, "I’m not against tariffs outright, but it is a blunt tool. You can’t just pull out the tariff hammer to swing at every problem without a clear defined end-goal."

Whitmer’s approach stands in stark contrast to that of other high-profile Democratic governors, many of whom are also seen as potential contenders for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination. But Whitmer faces a more challenging political landscape than leaders such as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker or California Gov. Gavin Newsom as she represents a state with a divided state legislature and that went for Trump in two of the last three elections.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.