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WSJ What’s News

Why Michigan Spells Trouble for Biden and Trump

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

44K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump win their respective primaries in Michigan, but as John McCormick and Sabrina Siddiqui report, protest votes are flashing a warning sign for both candidates, as the state is shaping up to be a key battleground this year. Plus, lawmakers in Alabama rush to pass IVF protections as they confront the political fallout from the state’s ruling. And, the feud between Universal Music and TikTok reaches a fever-pitch. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Contentful where content drives business momentum. Biden and Trump coast to victory in Michigan's presidential primary.

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Both prevailed, but they also drew sizable protest votes that carried warning signs for the

0:44.6

November general election in a critical battleground state.

0:48.5

Plus lawmakers in Alabama rush to pass IVF protections as they confront the political fallout from a state court ruling

0:56.1

and the feud between Universal Music and Tik-Toc reaches a fever pitch.

1:01.2

It's Wednesday, February 28th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal

1:05.2

and here is the AM edition of What's News. The top headlines and business stories moving

1:10.5

your world today. We begin in Michigan where voters have handed Donald Trump his fifth straight primary victory.

1:22.0

The AP called the race just after polls closed

1:26.4

and with 99% of the vote counted this morning he leads former South Carolina

1:30.9

Governor Nicky Haley 68% to 26%.

1:35.4

Michigan is shaping up to be a key battleground this year,

1:38.9

having backed Trump in 2016

1:41.3

before flipping back to Biden in 2020.

1:44.0

And National Political reporter John McCormick said that Trump is setting his sights on a Biden rematch.

1:50.0

On Tuesday evening, Trump was not in Michigan, but he called into a Michigan GOP

1:56.0

gathering and he was looking towards November in his remarks. He said, quote,

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