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About 100 unionized health care workers and others who depend on Medicaid demonstrated outside Michigan Republican Congressman John James' office in Warren on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
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Protesters target GOP members of Congress over possible Medicaid cuts

Quinn Klinefelter March 21, 2025

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates lawmakers cannot reach spending targets set in the recent budget proposal narrowly-passed by the...

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President Donald Trump, left, holds up a signed executive order as young people hold up copies of the executive order they signed at an education event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025.
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Trump has ordered the dismantling of the Education Department. Here’s what it does

Associated Press March 21, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling...

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Law enforcement arrive at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital in Troy, Mich., Thursday, March 20, 2025.
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Detroit Evening Report: Troy hospital shooting; rally against Medicaid cuts + more

Bre'Anna Tinsley March 20, 2025

Editor's note: The above audio incorrectly states that the Detroit Department of Transportation is seeking $2 million budget increase to...

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a woman in a blue blazer speaks into a microphone in front of an American flag
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Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin says her job is to be more than just an ‘activist’ against Trump

Associated Press March 20, 2025

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin said it's no secret Democrats don't have their strategy figured out, but insists the...

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President Donald Trump walks as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025.
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Roberts rejects Trump’s call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans

Associated Press March 18, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an extraordinary display of conflict between the executive and judiciary branches, Supreme Court Chief Justice John...

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Protesters fill the Iowa state Capitol to denounce a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa.
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The Metro: What’s behind Trump’s assault on transgender Americans?

Robyn Vincent, The Metro March 18, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Since taking office, President Donald Trump has signed a series of...

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In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025.
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Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped

Associated Press March 17, 2025

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the...

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Attendees at Detroit's 2023 St. Patrick's Parade hold an Irish flag.
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Detroit Evening Report: State seeks former Medicaid members for new committee; Detroit’s St. Patrick’s Parade + more

Hernz Laguerre March 14, 2025

Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, we cover the state's efforts to form a new advisory committee of former Medicaid recipients...

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MichMash: Michigan Health and Hospital Association CEO says protecting Medicaid protects Michigan

Hernz Laguerre March 14, 2025

Medicaid funding has been in the headlines recently as the Trump administration has said they aim to cut "waste, fraud...

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Whitmer says DC trip planned to lobby against tariff fight, education cuts

Rick Pluta March 13, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she will travel to Washington D.C. soon to lobby federal officials against proposed big...

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FILE - Former Detroit police chief James Craig.
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Detroit Evening Report: Craig confirms mayoral bid; Dearborn Heights mayor tapped as ambassador to Tunisia + more

Jerome Vaughn March 12, 2025

Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, we cover former Detroit Police Chief James Craig's mayoral candidacy announcement; President Donald Trump's nomination...

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Pro-Palestinian protesters march along Wayne State University's campus in Detroit on May 23, 2024.
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The Metro: Expert on authoritarianism sounds alarm on arrest of Palestinian student

Robyn Vincent, David Leins, The Metro March 12, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. College campuses have long been wellsprings for free speech and social...

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