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Slotkin, Peters Accepting Applications from Candidates Interested in Nomination for Federal Judgeship, U.S. Attorney, and U.S. Marshal in Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Gary Peters (D-MI) announced they are accepting applications from qualified persons interested in being nominated for United States District Court judge in the Eastern District of Michigan. The senators are also accepting applications for United States Attorney and United States Marshal in the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan. Interested candidates should request an application by emailing JudicialNominations@peters.senate.gov. The deadline to submit an application for U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan is 5:00PM on Thursday, May 1, 2025. The deadline to submit an application for U.S. Attorney in the Eastern or Western Districts
Slotkin, Klobuchar, Press USDA to Not Take Food Away from Food Banks, Hurting Families and Farmers
WASHINGTON D.C. — Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) joined 23 of their colleagues in pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for more information about the cancellation of previously-approved funding through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) for food banks and other emergency food providers. This would take food away from hungry Americans already facing high grocery prices and hurt American farmers who are being squeezed by tariffs and other cuts to domestic markets. The letter comes as MLive reported that 600,000 pounds of food headed to Michigan food banks have been delayed or cancelled by the USDA. “We write
Slotkin, Kaine, and Colleagues Demand Accountability Over Cabinet Officials’ Use of Unsecured Group Chat for Military Planning
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and 12 of their Senate Colleagues sent a letter to President Donald Trump demanding answers after several Cabinet officials accidentally added a reporter to an unsecured group chat where secret, high-level military planning was occurring. This was in violation of security protocols and potentially in violation of the law. “We are gravely concerned by appalling reports that senior officials of your Administration, including the Vice President, the Secretary of Defense, and other Cabinet members, coordinated military strikes in Yemen over the commercial and unclassified messaging application Signal. We are even more concerned by