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A long row of unsold 2024 Atlas utility vehicles is shown Sunday, July 28, 2024, at a Volkswagen dealership in Denver.
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The Metro: Auto industry taking an economic turn due to tariffs

Sam Corey, The Metro April 17, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The stock market has rebounded somewhat since last week, but there...

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Detroit Assembly Line
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The Metro: Labor professor says Trump tariffs’ impact on autoworkers ‘will be very painful’ to watch

Sam Corey, The Metro April 16, 2025

What will Michigan’s economy look like one year from now? How about just six months? Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever...

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the Detroit Economic Club on Monday, April 14, 2025.
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The Metro: Gov. Whitmer talks tariffs at the Detroit Economic Club

Sam Corey, The Metro April 16, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spoke at a Detroit Economic Club event...

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A Seagull electric vehicle from Chinese automaker BYD for test driving is parked outside a showroom in Beijing, Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
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Sen. Slotkin introduces bill to ban imports of Chinese cars

Russ McNamara April 11, 2025

U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) has introduced a bill that aims to keep Chinese-made vehicles out of the country by...

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The Metro: Navigating an uncertain stock market

Sam Corey, The Metro, David Leins, Robyn Vincent April 10, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Economists are describing what’s happening in the markets as volatile.  President...

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A truck carrying a Hede (Hong Kong) International Shipping Co., Ltd., container moves along the Port of Los Angeles Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Los Angeles.
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Trump limits tariffs on most nations for 90 days, raises taxes on Chinese imports

Associated Press April 10, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed off his tariffs on most nations for...

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Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell at WDET Studios.
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Michigan Congresswoman Dingell praises tariffs but says Trump’s approach is creating chaos

Quinn Klinefelter April 9, 2025

President Donald Trump’s flurry of tariffs is already forcing changes in the auto industry.Stellantis is temporarily stopping production at some...

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Detroit Police Car DPD Law Enforcement 8.10.17-jn
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Detroit city officials, Michigan House speaker promote public safety legislation

Colin Jackson April 9, 2025

Southeast Michigan law enforcement, Detroit City officials, and some Michigan lawmakers called Monday for the passage of bills to create...

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered a speech about building up American manufacturing in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
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WATCH: Whitmer delivers policy address in DC, meets with Trump

Rick Pluta April 9, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spent Wednesday in Washington D.C. to deliver an address where she warned about the dangers of sweeping tariffs...

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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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Scenes during the #HandsOff protest in Detroit on April 5, 2025.
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Detroit Evening Report: Thousands join ‘Hands Off!’ demonstrations in Detroit and beyond

Russ McNamara, Nargis Rahman April 7, 2025

Several thousand protesters — unhappy with the Trump administration’s cuts to federal employees, mass deportations, and tariffs — marched down...

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(From left) Wayne State University alumnus James A. Anderson and his wife, Patricia, with WSU President Dr. Kimberly Andrews Espy.
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Detroit Evening Report: Wayne State receives $50M gift, largest in university’s history

Hernz Laguerre April 4, 2025

Wayne State University announced Friday that a WSU alumnus has made a historic $50 million donation to its College of...

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