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Wayne State University President Kimberly Andrews Espy speaks with WDET's Russ McNamara at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island.
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The Metro: University leaders discuss impacts of federal budget cuts at Mackinac Policy Conference

Russ McNamara, Sam Corey, The Metro June 5, 2025

A number of universities are worried about funding cuts that are coming from the Trump administration. That includes those in...

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Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting

NPR June 4, 2025

President Trump took yet another step Tuesday to place NPR and PBS at the center of his broader clash with...

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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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Detroit Evening Report: Michigan families, caregivers prepare for possible Medicaid cuts

Sascha Raiyn June 3, 2025

Experts say Medicaid cuts passed by the U.S. House could result in millions of people losing health care — including...

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Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR

Associated Press May 2, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and...

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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington.
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Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers

Associated Press April 8, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal...

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The view from a dune at Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
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The Metro: Former Sleeping Bear Dunes superintendent warns of cuts to national parks, public lands

The Metro, Robyn Vincent April 7, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Huge numbers of Americans took to the streets over the weekend...

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FILE - Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington.
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Michigan union advocates react to Trump cuts, vow to fight against them

Russ McNamara April 2, 2025

President Donald Trump is attacking unions at the federal level in a way not seen since the Reagan administration. Claiming...

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Army veteran Justin Coates marches with protestors in Ann Arbor on Saturday, March 30, 2025.
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Public officials, veterans, union members protest federal cuts

Colin Jackson April 1, 2025

A few hundred people rallied outside a veterans hospital in Ann Arbor this weekend to protest federal cuts to the...

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A photo of Marine Corp Veteran and therapist Kevin Scott.
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The Metro: How will cuts to the VA and its services impact veterans?

The Metro, Cary Junior II March 25, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Department of Veterans Affairs announced plans to restructure in early...

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Michigan libraries prepare for impact as Trump moves to eliminate federal library agency

Isabel Gil March 24, 2025

Michigan libraries are some of the latest local institutions preparing for the effects of the Trump Administration’s slashing of federal...

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Miami to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025.
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Detroit Evening Report: State superintendent says Trump cuts aim to marginalize

Sascha Raiyn February 11, 2025

On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to make the federal government more efficient. So far that effort has...

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