
Former Michigan Rep. Paul Mitchell dies at 64 after cancer battle
CNN
Paul Mitchell, a former US congressman from Michigan who championed Republican priorities before leaving the party over its embrace of election lies, died on Sunday following a battle with cancer. He was 64.
"Paul was an American. He was the embodiment of what we can be if we choose to love and fight for what matters," Mitchell's wife, Sherry, said in a statement provided to CNN's Jake Tapper. "Paul loved with reckless abandon and would fiercely protect others whether they were family or strangers. You were worthy and loved and part of his flock."
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As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











