Booker, Warren Call for FTC Investigation into Online Real Estate Companies

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Booker, Warren Call for FTC Investigation into Online Real Estate Companies

(Tom Joyce, The Center Square)  U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren want the Federal Trade Commission to look at whether online real estate companies use deceptive practices that raise homebuying costs.

Booker, D-N.J., and Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson this week. They asked the agency to investigate how real estate websites connect buyers with agents and mortgage lenders, and how brokerages handle private home listings.

“We urge you to now investigate anticompetitive and deceptive practices in the home-buying market, using every enforcement tool available to restore competition to the entire online real estate marketplace,” the senators wrote.

It comes as U.S. Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., had similar concerns. In June, he asked Ferguson to investigate online agent referrals and mortgage lending practices, HousingWire reported.

The senators found three practices they want the FTC to investigate.

First, they said buyers who click a website’s “contact agent” button may reach an agent who pays the website part of the sales commission rather than the agent selling the home. The senators say that can raise costs without the buyer even knowing.

“Platforms and agents do not disclose these commission-sharing arrangements, leaving buyers unaware that they are agreeing to pay inflated prices to cover the platform’s revenue cut,” they wrote.

Second, the senators said agents often must refer buyers to lenders tied to the websites. Those lenders often aren’t upfront about their financial incentives and charge higher rates and offer worse loan terms.

Also, they criticized brokerages that have private home listings, showing homes to a select few buyers before making listings public.

The senators said doing this hurts prospective homebuyers and sellers. The sellers can get fewer offers when fewer people know their home is for sale.

Zillow has denied that these services hurt buyers.

Responding to the lawsuit, Zillow said buyers can choose their own agents and lenders. Zillow added that every home listing lets buyers directly contact the listing agent.

“Buyers are never required to work with that agent and remain free to choose anyone they prefer,” Zillow wrote.

The senators also cited the FTC’s rental advertising case against Zillow and Redfin.

The FTC accused Zillow of paying Redfin $100 million to stop competing in rental advertising. An August settlement forced Redfin to restart that business and invest millions in it.

Booker and Warren want similar FTC action in the home sales market.

They said high housing costs are another reason the FTC should investigate. They noted recent National Association of Realtors figures showing the median existing-home price is now about $440,600 and the median first-time homebuyer age is 40.

The senators said higher fees and mortgage rates make buying a home harder. They said those costs are even worse when buyers add them to their mortgages and pay interest on them.

“Younger and first-time homebuyers are most harmed by these practices,” they wrote. “They are making the largest financial transaction of their lives without knowing the full picture.”

Poll: Majority of Voters Say Their Household Finances Worse Off Than Year Ago

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Poll: Majority of Voters Say Their Household Finances Worse Off Than Year Ago

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Seven in 10 American voters say their household financial situation is worse off than a year ago, a new national poll found. Just one in 10 said their income outpaced their expenses.

The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll found 15% of registered voters said their income decreased over the past year. Another 41% said their income held steady while their expenses increased, and 15% said their income grew but their expenses grew faster. Fifteen percent said income and expenses rose at about the same rate. Ten percent came out ahead, and 3% weren’t sure.

Some federal data tracks with what voters describe. Consumer prices rose 3.4% over the 12 months ending in August, while real average hourly earnings fell 0.3% over the same period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. An hour of work bought less than it did a year earlier. Weekly paychecks held about even, up 0.3% after inflation, but only because the average workweek grew 0.6%.

The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll was conducted by Noble Predictive Insights from Oct. 5-7, surveying 2,527 registered U.S. voters. The margin of error is plus or minus 1.95 percentage points when all of those surveyed are included in the numbers. Subsets of data by income group have a higher margin of error.

The squeeze is uneven. Among voters earning less than $50,000 a year, 22% said their income decreased, more than three times the 6% among voters earning more than $100,000, with the middle bracket at 11%. At the top of the scale the pattern reverses: 17% of voters earning more than $100,000 said their income outpaced their expenses, against 6% of voters earning less than $50,000.

Other measures find more stability. The Federal Reserve’s Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking, published in May 2026, found 73% of adults were doing OK financially or living comfortably near the end of 2025, a share that has held steady since 2022. The Fed asked about households’ current situation rather than how it changed over the year. It also found the share doing OK or living comfortably fell among low-income and younger adults, and reported that price increases remained the most common financial concern.

Orphe Divounguy, founder and chief economist of Quantitative Research Group and a former Zillow economist, said the pattern broadly matches the aggregate data and that a national average can conceal what the poll captures.

“Given recent price increases, workers have lost purchasing power,” he told The Center Square.

The economy can grow while households tread water, he said, because spending has outpaced disposable income and households are saving a smaller share of what they earn.

Lower-income households have less room to absorb higher bills, Divounguy said, because they have less saved and are less likely to hold large stock portfolios. He pointed to the Fed survey, which found 19% of adults earning under $25,000 often or always had money left at month-end, compared with 59% of those earning at least $100,000. Those brackets don’t match the poll’s, he said, but they show the difference in financial cushions.

Energy has been the clearest shock. Gasoline prices rose 27.4% over the 12 months ending in August and energy costs overall rose 16.3%, according to BLS. Electricity was up 3.8% over the same period and groceries 2.2%, BLS reported.

Housing is the other recurring cost. Renter cost burdens hit a record in 2024, with 22.7 million households, or 49% of renters, spending more than 30% of income on rent and utilities, according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The median renter earning less than $30,000 had $210 left each month after paying rent and utilities, down 60% since 2001 in inflation-adjusted terms.

Asked about the poll’s findings, the White House pointed to the president’s economic record.

“President Donald Trump’s aggressive, pro-growth economic agenda has stopped Biden’s inflation crisis, driven economic growth, and created private-sector jobs and will continue to deliver economic wins over the next two years,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told The Center Square.

Rogers cited the 2025 tax cuts, lower prescription drug costs, $90 Medicare checks and $500 Obamacare refund checks, more than a million private-sector jobs created, nearly 20 trade deals and record 401(k) balances. The Medicare rebate, reaching 20.8 million beneficiaries this month, comes from a fund Congress created in 2008, and the Obamacare refunds draw on a surplus of exchange user fees. Rogers did not address what the administration says to households reporting flat or falling income.

Divounguy said slower inflation will not undo what households have already absorbed.

“Slower inflation would mean those bills rise more slowly,” he said. “It does not reverse earlier price increases. Families need income to outpace their own expenses to regain financial breathing room.”

NCAA Sues Ohio Governor Over Eligibility Executive Order

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NCAA Sues Ohio Governor Over Eligibility Executive Order

(David Beasley, The Center Square) The NCAA on Friday sued Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in federal court after the governor issued an executive order earlier this week giving Ohio colleges and universities the option to expand the eligibility options for some student-athletes.

“In June, the NCAA adopted a new eligibility model, giving all otherwise eligible student-athletes up to five years of competition,” DeWine said in a statement.

Under the new rules, eligibility starts the academic year after a student turns 19 or when first enrolled full-time in college, whichever comes first.

“Under the NCAA’s implementation guidance, however, student-athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 and have already completed four seasons of competition are denied a fifth season,” DeWine said.

The controversy is over fairness, DeWine said,

“When the rules change, fairness has to remain part of the equation,” DeWine said. “We want Ohio’s student-athletes to have the same opportunity as student-athletes in other states.”  

The NCAA said Friday it took the “extraordinary” step of suing DeWine because the order would give Ohio schools an advantage.

“This action was necessary following the governor’s issuance of an executive order that attempts to compel Ohio colleges and universities to ignore NCAA eligibility rules to the disadvantage of thousands of student athletes and institutions across the country,” the NCAA said in a statement.

The lawsuit cited several constitutional violations in DeWine’s order, including the First Amendment by “purporting to provide Ohio institutions with legal cover to maintain their NCAA membership while simultaneously flouting the NCAA’s rules. The Executive Order is unlawful because Governor DeWine lacks the authority to permit Ohio colleges and universities to disregard the rules they have agreed to follow by rostering ineligible student-athletes.”

DeWine declined to comment on the lawsuit, his spokesman, Dan Tierney, told The Center Square.

Trump Endorses Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Reelection

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Trump Endorses Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Reelection

(Headline USA)  President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late in his reelection campaign, a coveted boost because of Trump’s popularity but one that the American had withheld for months as the vote neared and the leaders’ strategies in the Middle East diverged.

Trump said in a post on social media that Netanyahu “has been a Great Warrior Prime Minister, and an even greater Partner for Peace in combatting the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

Israelis are set to vote Oct. 27, in the first national elections since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

The absence of an endorsement was a setback for the Likud politician, who had billed his tight ties to the Republican president as a selling point for staying in power.

“Thank you, President Trump, for the tremendous support and work together,” Netanyahu said in a statement in Hebrew posted on X. “Together we will complete the mission!”

His Likud Party attached to the statement a 35-second video showing clips of the two leaders together and Trump praising Netanyahu.

It was not immediately clear what impact the endorsement would have on what is expected to be a tight race. Trump is still popular in Israel, but many Israelis, including leading commentators, have expressed disappointment over the inconclusive outcome of the Iran war and Trump’s ceasefire proposal, which fell short of many of the countries’ key goals when they jointly launched the war in February.

In his post, Trump again threatened to “soon finish the job” against Iran “unless they change their ways, rapidly,” but added he might not want to if Netanyahu loses the election. “If Israel has the wrong Leader, which would be anyone other than Bibi, America will have to do this work ourselves, and I am not inclined to do so,” Trump said.

He said Netanyahu had been “Strong, Brave, and Brilliant in the face of tremendous opposition, including that coming from even Israel, itself.”

Trump endorsed Netanyahu in past elections and in November he sent a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog asking him to pardon Netanyahu on corruption charges.

But Trump’s comments about Netanyahu in recent months had been much more subdued, and he repeatedly demurred when asking if he would back the prime minister. The president, when asked in a Time magazine interview published this month about backing the Israeli leader, said, ”I’m not involved in politics anymore,” despite his campaigning for and endorsing U.S. politicians.

Trump, especially in his second term, has sought to give his stamp of approval to candidates in foreign elections and claimed credit when they have been successful. He endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his unsuccessful bid for a fifth term, as well as Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Polish President Karol Nawrocki, and several Latin American leaders.

Trump and Netanyahu have been close allies and seemed more aligned than ever in the wake of the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in 2025. But over the course of the nearly eight-month war with Iran this year, they have had disagreements.

Trump criticized Israel’s decision to attack a key Iranian gas field in the first weeks of the war. In June, he called Netanyahu “crazy.” Trump also said that he was “a little bit perturbed” as Israel’s fighting with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon was holding back peace talks with Iran.

Beyond Iran, Netanyahu in August rejected Trump’s latest plan to advance a stalled ceasefire in Gaza, pushing back on the U.S. administration’s call for Israel to withdraw from territory it controls in Gaza until Hamas has been disarmed.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press.

Controversial Virginia AG Prepared for Major Election ‘Showdown’ with Feds

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Controversial Virginia AG Prepared for Major Election ‘Showdown’ with Feds

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Virginia’s far-left attorney general issued an advisory bulletin to local election officials and attorneys on how to counter federal presence at polling places, raising the prospect of what critics have described as a “showdown with federal law enforcement.”

Jay Jones, in coordination with the Virginia Department of Elections, issued the 10-page “2026 General Election Bulletin” on Oct. 15, just weeks before the midterm elections.

Timothy Anderson, founder of the Anderson Law Firm, first shared the bulletin on X, describing it as “remarkable.”

Anderson questioned the bulletin’s rationale, saying that it does not identify any unlawful federal operation that would justify the panic.

“Federal law enforcement has legitimate authority to enforce federal election laws,” Anderson said. “State officials cannot override that authority simply because they dislike federal involvement.”

Anderson also questioned Jones’s motives for issuing the bulletin.

“So what exactly is the Attorney General afraid federal investigators might discover? And why is the Commonwealth treating federal election oversight as a threat rather than an opportunity to demonstrate election integrity?” Anderson asked.

The bulletin informs local registrars that they can deny access to polling places to election monitors from the Justice Department. It also breaks down the steps local officials may take if federal monitors attempt to enter polling places.

Jones’s bulletin states that DOJ officials must “request consent from local election officials” before entering polling locations.

“Monitors must have written authorization to enter a polling location and agree to follow the rules governing authorized representatives under state law,” the bulletin states.

It also says that local officials “can remove these monitors from a polling location if they fail to follow the rules.”

If local officials dispute federal monitors, the bulletin directs them to contact local law enforcement.

Officials are also instructed to “document” the hypothetical encounter, including the names and agencies of federal agents or officials and the number of individuals involved.

They are required to record what these individuals look like, locations and reasons for being there and even arrival times.

Jones’s bulletin comes amid heightened federal scrutiny of election administration ahead of the first midterm elections since President Donald Trump returned to office in 2025. Trump has signed multiple executive orders aimed at increasing election security from potential intervention.

Vance Grilled Over Iran War, Immigration

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Vance Grilled Over Iran War, Immigration

(Headline USA) Vice President JD Vance faced tough questions from voters about the Trump administration’s policies on data centers, high costs, immigration and his own rhetoric in a town hall on CBS News that aired Saturday night.

Vance, who said during the town hall there’s “of course” a chance he doesn’t run for president, faced an especially pointed question about “a failure of leadership” posted by the widow of one of six U.S. soldiers killed by an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait, which occurred the day after Trump started the war with Iran.

“This literally is the first time I’ve heard of this,” Vance said in response.

As he went on, he said, “This job is an amazing honor, but you live in a bit of a bubble and sometimes information doesn’t filter up.”

After telling the vice president about his late wife, Master Sgt. Nicole Amor, who was killed on March 1, Joey Amor asked about mistakes and fundamental failures that led up to the deaths of those soldiers and how leaders would be held accountable.

Vance seemed taken aback by Amor’s questions, saying, “This literally is the first time I’ve heard of this,” and said he wanted to talk with Amor to learn more after.

But as Vance went on, he acknowledged mistakes were made and said, “there were issues with where troops were located that we realized was a huge mistake that we could do better on, and we have changed that.”

A Michigan man who said he voted for Trump and Vance in 2024 but now plans to vote for Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed pressed Vance about the high gasoline prices resulting from the war. In response, Vance said he recognized that gas prices were too high, and said, “I think it’s important to be honest about why they’re so elevated.”

He said it was because of “what’s happening in the Middle East” and said the administration was taking steps to try to lower prices.

“We’ve never had a situation like this where you have effectively, the largest state sponsor of terrorism that’s trying to choke off world energy supply,” Vance said, without acknowledging that situation occurred because of the war Trump launched.

He also blamed former President Joe Biden, saying that during his tenure, America’s refining capacity was diminished.

But when Vance was pressed on the Trump administration owning the current situation, the vice president suggested that looking backward for blame was not the way.

“Fundamentally, we are where we are, and you have to, in my view, I’d like to know what is Abdul El-Sayed’s solution for the problem that we have right now,” Vance said. “It’s easy to criticize something that happened seven months ago.”

A nun who spoke to Vance about their shared Catholic faith questioned the administration’s hardline immigration enforcement tactics, including children who are separated from their parents when the adults are swept up in sweeps, and how that squared with their values.

“We’re trying to strike the right balance,” Vance said. When moderator Tony Dokoupil asked Vance if the administration is not striking that balance, Vance replied, “I think that is constantly a work in progress.”

He admitted that, “Sometimes you have some people who made mistakes. Sometimes you have some people who really screw up.”

When Dokoupil asked for specific examples, Vance said there are a number of cases the administration has investigated that resulted in further training or discipline for immigration enforcement officers, but said they don’t advertise it publicly in order to let investigations play out.

Another voter, who said she became an immigrant five years ago and voted for Vance after becoming a U.S. citizen, asked him pointedly about his recent remarks referring to H1-B visa holders as, “foreign indentured servants,” and accused him of “scapegoating immigrants for the issues you’re supposed to be solving.”

“To the extent that my rhetoric has been imperfect here, that’s on me,” Vance said, before explaining that he was trying to criticize the companies that bring in the workers, not the immigrant workers themselves.

Dokoupil pressed Vance on whether Trump and others in his administration were profiting off the presidency, including the nearly $1.2 billion the president took in from his crypto businesses last year, according to a federal filing. When asked if he’d seen anything in the White House that made him squeamish, Vance said, “I’ve never seen anything like that from the president.”

He said, though, that there is evidence of corruption in Washington, but he doesn’t see evidence of it from the president or the administration.

Vance said he’s read articles about allegations, but said he goes to investigate claims himself and finds that they are not true.

Dokoupil asked Vance about the president’s crypto profits, along with the recent resignation of his ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, over allegations she denies that she was leveraging her position for benefits.

“If somebody’s selling access to the White House, that’s disgusting and despicable and they should suffer consequences,” Vance said.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press. 

Boat Capsizes, Sharks Attack Stranded Survivors

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Boat Capsizes, Sharks Attack Stranded Survivors

(Headline USA) Multiple survivors were treated for suspected shark bites after a boat, departing from Mexico, capsized off the coast of Baja California, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. 16 Mexican nationals had already been rescued on Friday, and authorities continue the search for 11 people believed to be missing.

“Several of the individuals rescued were suffering from severe injuries consistent with shark bites, and the Coast Guard provided life-saving first aid while en route (to) San Diego,” said the agency in a statement on Saturday.

The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy are searching the waters using multiple aircraft and boats, along with assistance from the Mexican Navy. An additional helicopter will be deployed later today, according to the Coast Guard.

The boat capsized in an area frequented by smugglers and did not happen in U.S. waters, according to the Coast Guard. Survivors told officials there were 27 people on board.

“We were able to help, and that’s why we launched our assets,” said Petty Officer Charlie Valor on Saturday.

The region is popular with fishing and leisure boats, but fatal attempts to transport migrants from Mexico to the U.S. have occurred in the past.

The Mexican consulate in San Diego said all those rescued were Mexican nationals. The Coast Guard said Customs and Border Protection was investigating and interviewing the survivors, but the agency did not immediately respond to requests for updates.

If survivors were witnesses to a crime, they may be eligible for humanitarian parole and permitted to remain in the country for a limited period.

Rescuers were searching the area with helicopters, a fixed-wing plane, a cutter and a Navy combat ship on Saturday. The efforts remain ongoing.

A mayday call was transmitted from someone on the boat around 1 a.m. Friday, said Coast Guard Lt. Santiago Tamburini. A rescue helicopter reached the site about two hours later. It took about 90 minutes for the crew, which included a rescue swimmer, to pull the 16 people from the water, Tamburini said.

The boat went down about 140 miles (225 kilometers) west of Ensenada, Mexico. There have been several episodes where migrant vessels capsized en route to California in recent years.

In May of 2025, at least three people died when a boat flipped off the coast about 35 miles (56 km) north of the U.S.-Mexico border. In 2023, eight people were killed in one of the deadliest maritime smuggling accidents off the U.S. coast, when two boats approached a San Diego beach in heavy fog and one capsized in the surf.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press. 

Thousands Return Home After California Wildfire

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Thousands Return Home After California Wildfire

(Headline USA)  Fire crews in Southern California gained ground Saturday on a wind-driven blaze that charred hills and damaged or destroyed at least six large coastal homes, allowing evacuation orders to be lifted and thousands of people to return home.

The fast-moving Norte Fire sparked the previous day in San Clemente amid hot, strong Santa Ana winds that drove it into San Juan Capistrano, prompting the evacuation of about 16,000 residents.

Hundreds of firefighters deployed to combat the blaze in the hills of Orange County. At one home engulfed in smoke and fire, photos showed them using hoses to try to douse the flames.

Most of the evacuations were lifted Saturday evening, except for one street in San Clemente.

The Norte Fire was one of several in the region hit by the Santa Anas, which blow from the interior and toward the coast.

The strongest winds hit the area Friday afternoon, but conditions of increased fire risk were expected to last through Saturday night, with a heat advisory in effect until 8 p.m. on the coast of Orange and San Diego counties, the National Weather Service said.

The blaze area remained under 1 square mile (2 square kilometers), and Chief TJ McGovern of the Orange County Fire Authority said crews increased containment to 25%.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press. 

Fisherman, 71, Killed by 12-Foot Alligator Alongside Florida Lake

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Fisherman, 71, Killed by 12-Foot Alligator Alongside Florida Lake

(Headline USA)  A 71-year-old man fishing on the shore of a Florida lake was killed Friday by a nearly 12-foot alligator, the second fatal attack reported this year.

Steven Hamilton of Winter Garden was standing on the shore of Lake Apopka at Dr. Bradford Memorial Park, 15 miles (24 kilometers) northwest of Orlando, when he was attacked around 5 p.m., the Winter Garden Police Department said.

The presence of other active alligators in the water complicated any chance of rescuing Hamilton, whose body was recovered about two hours later, Winter Garden Fire Chief Jose Gainza told FOX35.

Police Capt. Michael Mason said authorities were not alerted in advance that an alligator was near the lake’s shore, possibly because it “has tons of alligators in it.” He said police launched a joint investigation with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, whose trappers captured and killed the alligator.

Mason reminded people to be aware of their surroundings and respect wildlife.

“Keep your distance,” he said. “It looks like it’s docile, it looks like your Florida emblem, but it can be dangerous.”

After a 31-year-old Oviedo woman, Brittany Clark, was killed by a 13-foot alligator near her home in June, Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Steube introduced a resolution calling for the Comptroller General and U.S. Department of the Interior to study the impacts of the American alligator’s listing as “threatened due to similarity of appearance” on Florida’s ability to remove nuisance alligators from residential and commercial waterways.

He said the species has been fully recovered since 1987 but remains protected to prevent trafficking and hunting of the similar-looking American crocodile.

Using Florida state data, the two 2026 deaths bring the total number of individuals killed by alligators since 1948 to 34. Among them were a 61-year-old woman tipped out of her canoe by an alligator in 2025 and an 85-year-old widow who was dragged out of her backyard by an alligator while walking her dog in 2023.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Abdul El-Sayed’s ‘Woke’ Research Comes Back to Bite Him

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Abdul El-Sayed’s ‘Woke’ Research Comes Back to Bite Him

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Some scholarly articles written by Abdul El-Sayed, the embattled Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, left critics scratching their heads Friday over their unusual subject matter.

In one paper, El-Sayed analyzed reproduction in “inter-racial” relationships and the potential health risks Arab American mothers face during pregnancy if they conceived children with non-Arab men.

At the center of the controversy is a 2011 article El-Sayed co-authored for the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, titled “Interethnic mating and risk for preterm birth among Arab-American mothers: Evidence from the Arab-American Birth Outcomes Study.”

In the article, El-Sayed and his co-author, physician Sandro Galea, argued that Arab American mothers who had children with non-Arab men faced a higher risk of “pre-term birth” than those who had children with Arab men.

But beyond the study’s claims, the terminology El-Sayed used in the piece drew attention, including the phrase “interracial mating.”

Dr. John D. Haltigan, a psychology researcher, brought the articles to light in an X thread that has garnered more than half a million views.

“Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s scientific research is…odd,” said Haltigan, later describing El-Sayed’s work as “standard woke science.”

In a separate article titled “Ethnic Inequalities in Mortality: The Case of Arab-Americans,” El-Sayed proposed that discrimination against Arab Americans caused premature deaths.

Another subject of his research was “birth outcomes among Arab Americans in Michigan before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.”

El-Sayed is set to face Republican nominee and former Rep. Mike Rogers in the November election. Both are seeking to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., in the next Congress.

Before running for elected office, El-Sayed led the Detroit Health Department and Wayne County’s Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Michigan governor in 2018, losing to would-be Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

El-Sayed’s campaign did not respond to Headline USA’s request for comment before deadline.

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