Amash, a Grand Rapids native who represents Michigan’s 3rd congressional district, came to national prominence in May 2019, when he became the first Republican member of Congress to declare that Trump had committed impeachable offenses. Two months later, he revealed he was leaving the GOP to become an independent. Although Amash was a founding member…
Rep. Justin Amash, L-Mich., who briefly considered running for president earlier this year, doesn’t intend to seek reelection, a top aide said Thursday, according to a report."He hasn't been campaigning for any office and doesn't plan to seek the nomination for any office," adviser Poppy Nelson told The Detroit News.Amash, a five-term congressman and outspoken…
Rep. Justin Amash on Saturday said he will not mount a third-party run for president this year after he had spent the last few weeks weighing whether to make a play for the Libertarian Party’s 2020 nomination. “After much reflection, I’ve concluded that circumstances don’t lend themselves to my success as a candidate for president…
Rep. Justin Amash believes his White House bid is bad for both President Trump and his Democratic challenger, the Michigan Libertarian indicated in a recent interview. Mr. Amash, a former Republican who left the GOP last year, told Time that he expects his presence in the presidential race will not help either of the two…
Michigan congressman Justin Amash late on Tuesday announced plans to jump into the 2020 presidential race. Amash, a former Republican turned Libertarian, had toyed with the idea for a while. His argument has been that he could rally voters disaffected by Dona…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…