How Will Trump’s Healthcare Actions Affect Michigan?
Jake Neher/WDET Last week, President Trump signed an executive order he says will start the process of ending Obamacare. His...
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Local Officials Talk About Lawsuit Targeting Opioid Manufacturers
Jake Neher/WDET Last week the lead officials of Oakland and Wayne counties announced they are jointly suing a dozen drug...
Columnists Explore Eminem and Kid Rock as Icons of Metro Detroit Politics
Laura Weber-Davis/WDET Eminem's freestyle takedown of President Trump at the BET Awards is going viral this week. In the video, the...
Detroit Candidate Forum Series Begins Thursday Night
Laura Weber-Davis/WDET It’s hard to believe we’re back in an election season, but there are some big elections right around the...
Charles H Wright Museum Hosts Thelonious Monk 100th Birthday in Detroit this Weekend
Library of Congress/William P. Gottlieb This weekend marks jazz legend Thelonious Monk’s 100th birthday. The pianist and composer made a...
What’s the Future of the Iran Nuclear Deal?
Jake Neher/WDET President Trump has said many times he thinks the Iran nuclear deal is bad for the United States....
Congressman Dan Kildee on New Flint Water Charges
Laura Weber Davis, WDET This week, state prosecutors filed another charge of involuntary manslaughter in the Flint Water Crisis investigation....
Trump-GOP Feuds Intensify as Pressure Builds to Advance Agenda
Courtesy of Emily Dagger/NPR Over the weekend, President Donald Trump went to social-media war with a senior senator from his...
What We Know, and Don’t Know, About Russia’s Influence on American Elections
Jake Neher/WDET News recently surfaced that Russian operatives used social media in a massive influence campaign to affect American voters during...
Moving from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day
National Native News Much of the country recognizes today as Columbus Day. Many workers, especially along the eastern seaboard, get work...
State Representative on Legislative Black Caucus Meeting with State Police Chief
Michigan Legislative Black Caucus Late last week the head of the Michigan State Police met with members of the Michigan...
Puerto Rico, Las Vegas, and Gun Control — Detroit Today Breaks Down Week’s News
Jake Neher/WDET This week President Donald Trump flew to Puerto Rico to see how the U.S. territory was impacted by...