But Trump announced time was up on March 3, and the tariffs went into effect overnight. Stock markets slipped, Canada ordered reciprocal tariffs, and by Thursday, Trump gave another 30-day extension to goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which applies to approximately 38% of imports from Canada.

That night, as the upcoming presidential election matchup appeared settled by Michigan voters, the news broke: Two cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in the state.

Ontario is suspending its promise to add a 25 per cent surcharge on exports of electricity to Michigan, New York and Minnesota, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday afternoon.

Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, a software engineer from Detroit, entered a growing Democratic primary field for governor in a period of uncertainty for his party.

Without federal funding, Michigan refugee agencies are scrambling to support hundreds of newly arrived families.

Ontario's retaliatory threat to impose a 25% surcharge on electricity exported to the United States would have an unclear impact in neighboring Michigan.

No state is more reliant on Canada, Mexico and China to fuel economic activity than Michigan, indicating severe economic consequences to come.

H5N1, which was first detected in 1996 in China and was found in the United States in 2022, has affected 160 million poultry across the nation. In Michigan, it's also been found in red foxes, possums, racoons, coyotes, dairy cattle and two humans.