Detroit Democratic Mayor Mike Duggan, who has been in office since 2014, announced that he is running for Michigan governor as an independent in the 2026 election. Duggan, 66, who has served decades in public office in Wayne County and Detroit, told city employees last week that he would not run for another term as mayor. He officially announced in a press release on Wednesday that he is running to replace Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is term-limited after 2026, the Detroit Free Press reported. Duggan has been a Democrat for his entire political career but said he is running as an independent because he wants to change “the current system [that] forces people to choose sides.” “I’m not running to be the Democrats’ governor or the Republicans’ governor. I’m running to be your governor,” Duggan said. “The political fighting and the nonsense that once held back Detroit is too often what we’re seeing across Michigan today. The current system forces people to choose sides — not find solutions. It’s time to change that. I intend to bring together Democrats, Republicans and Independents — and our young people, far too many of whom have given up on our political system — together to move Michigan forward.” Whitmer, who easily won a second term in 2022, is a rising national figure in the Democratic Party and is being floated as a potential candidate for president in 2028. Duggan has overseen a city that has gone through a decades-long spell of violence and decline. Earlier this year, the city boasted of recording the lowest homicide rate since 1962, with 252 homicides reported in 2023. According to the city, non-fatal shootings and carjackings also decreased in 2023. Despite these recent drops in violent crime, however, Detroit remains one of the most dangerous places to live in the U.S. According to 2022 data, Detroit ranked second, only behind Memphis, for the highest violent crime rate in the nation at 2,027.9 violent crimes per 100,000 people. Duggan touted his record of leading Detroit as the city came out of bankruptcy in 2014. “Detroit’s story of resurgence is one of Detroiters who never gave up on their city,” Duggan said last month when he announced he would not run for a fourth term as mayor. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve as mayor over the past 12 years and I am incredibly proud of what we’ve accomplished together—from emerging out of bankruptcy to becoming a vibrant, healthy city that is a model of resilience and transformation.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Democrats who have been discussed as potential Michigan gubernatorial candidates include Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Senate Majority Whip Mallory McMorrow, Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson, and former Secretary of Transporation Pete Buttigieg, who recently moved to the Great Lakes State. Numerous potential contenders on the Republican side include Congresswoman Lisa McClain, Congressman John James, Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt, and conservative commentator Tudor Dixon, who was the GOP gubernatorial nominee in 2022.

Surveillance footage near the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan captured the person suspected of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday morning, The New York Post reported. The images show an individual in black clothing with a backpack appearing to hold a long handgun, which they fired multiple times at Thompson from around 20 feet away, law enforcement sources told the Post. Another image shows the suspect fleeing on a bike after the shooting. The suspect is still at-large and has not been identified. Surveillance photos show suspect in fatal Midtown shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson https://t.co/mWQJgx0Cje pic.twitter.com/gqYdacOuZG — New York Post (@nypost) December 4, 2024 Police will release a flyer showing the surveillance images and are offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who has information on the suspect, according to The New York Times. Thompson, 50, was pronounced dead after arriving at an area hospital, and authorities are investigating the shooting as a potential targeted attack on the CEO. Thompson was on his way to the Hilton hotel for the UnitedHealth Group’s annual Investor’s Conference when he was shot. The Times reported that the shooter appeared to know where Thompson was going to enter the hotel. UnitedHealthcare is a subsidy of UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest companies in the world. Thompson, who lived in Minnesota, was promoted to CEO of UnitedHealthcare in 2021 after he joined UnitedHealth Group in 2004. “This is a shocking and devastating loss for our whole community,” said Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis, a city where UnitedHealthcare has a major presence. “‘Shocking’ is the only word I can find at the moment.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz said Thompson’s killing is “horrifying news and a terrible loss for the business and health care community in Minnesota.”

Jurors began deliberating on Tuesday in the case of Daniel Penny, who is accused of manslaughter and negligent homicide related to the killing of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car last May. Penny, 26, held Neely in a chokehold until authorities arrived, and Neely ended up dying, though his exact cause of death was disputed at trial. Jurors went into deliberations Tuesday afternoon and quickly sent back a question for the judge, asking for a second read of what is considered justifiable in the case, the Daily Mail reported. The question came just over an hour after deliberations began. The jury wanted to know the specifics of justification defenses from the judge’s instructions. To convict Penny, jurors need to agree that Penny’s chokehold on Neely was unjustifiable and that he acted recklessly. The jurors deliberated for another hour and a half before heading home. Deliberations will continue on Wednesday. Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran maintained that Penny’s chokehold caused Neely’s death, which the medical examiner determined after watching video of Penny holding Neely. A forensic pathologist called by the defense, however, testified that Neely died due to a combination of drugs, his sickle cell trait, and the struggle with Penny and other passengers who held him down. The defense called its final witness on November 22, a man who works for the court clerk’s office, Brian Kemef. Kemef testified that Neely had an active warrant for his arrest relating to an alleged assault in 2021. Neely also had a history of violence, including other assaults on the subway, Fox News reported. This information has led many to wonder why Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought the case against Penny in the first place. ADA Yoran has implied that race was a factor in Penny’s decision to place Neely in a chokehold. Penny has not been charged with a hate crime. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE In a recently uncovered video, ADA Yoran discusses how she secured a lighter sentence for a black man who killed an elderly college professor at an ATM, Fox News reported. Yoran discusses “restorative justice” in the video, referring to the killer Matthew Lee. Yoran used a policy introduced by former Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. – it was the first time the policy was used in a homicide case, Fox reported. Lee ended up being charged with manslaughter instead of felony murder, which reduced his sentence to 10 years from a potential 25. While Lee received 10 years in prison for robbing and killing the professor, Penny faces up to 15 years if convicted of manslaughter or up to 4 years if he’s convicted on the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide. Even New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, defended Penny and blasted the media for its treatment of the Marine veteran, The Daily Wire reported. “We’re now on the subway where we’re hearing someone talking about hurting people, killing people,” Adams said, referring to reports that Neely was threatening passengers. “You have someone [Penny] on that subway who was responding, doing what we should have done as a city.”

South Korean lawmakers are moving to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over a short-lived martial law declaration that was unanimously shot down in the National Assembly on Tuesday. Opposition parties in South Korea introduced a motion to impeach Yoon on Wednesday. That motion could be voted on as early as this week and would require a two-thirds majority to pass the unicameral National Assembly. Six of the nine justices on South Korea’s Constitutional Court would then have to approve the motion to remove Yoon from office, according to the Associated Press. The opposition coalition in the National Assembly, led by South Korea’s Democratic Party, holds 191 seats in the 300-seat parliament, so the impeachment motion would need support from some members of Yoon’s own People Power Party to pass. Parliament members voted unanimously 190-0 in an emergency session early Wednesday to rescind Yoon’s Tuesday martial law declaration. That vote included more than a dozen members from Yoon’s party. The situation means that Yoon, a conservative politician who has been friendly with the United States, may be nearing the end of his political career. His martial law order shocked even members of his own party and inspired widespread backlash. Armed soldiers surrounded the National Assembly and clashed with protesters in a scene reminiscent of South Korea’s military rule of the 1980s. Yoon’s gamble has left experts wondering what the president believed would happen. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE “I was in Seoul less than two weeks ago meeting with very senior officials and there was no indication that Yoon would do this, or even a warning of Yoon’s growing anger,” said Bruce Klingner, a senior research fellow and expert on northeast Asia for The Heritage Foundation. “It really was quite a shocking development. I think it caught everyone by surprise.” “I think the implications are that Yoon, perhaps, is a dead man walking, and that he may well be impeached to be replaced by someone who will not be in line with U.S. objectives,” Klingner told The Daily Wire. Yoon delivered a speech denouncing “shameless pro-North Korean anti-state forces that are plundering the freedom and happiness of our people” before declaring martial law. The military rule, which placed strict regulations on the media and political activity, was to remain in effect until Yoon could “eradicate anti-state forces … and normalize the country,” he said. The president cited an unworkable relationship with South Korea’s opposition-led National Assembly, which had targeted 22 officials for impeachment since Yoon took office in 2022 and, according to Yoon, planned to target 10 more officials. The president also cited National Assembly reductions in the national budget, which he said “undermined the essential functions of the state and turned Korea into a drug paradise and a public order panic.” Yoon’s complaints about the parliament fell short of justifying a declaration of martial law, however. The National Assembly’s behavior, while obstructionist, was carried out through constitutional means, according to Klingner. “It does seem to be extra-constitutional actions by the president,” Klingner said. “There is a clause, which he cited in his declaration, as allowing the president to declare martial law, but that is reserved for war, armed conflict, or a national emergency, none of which seems to be prevalent here.”

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