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The Metro: Congresswoman Tlaib on improving Black maternal health outcomes

Tia Graham, Sam Corey, The Metro April 21, 2025

 The United States spends more on health care costs than any other rich nation, yet maternal death rates remain...

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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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FILE - Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, Oct. 18, 2023, near the Capitol in Washington.
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Immigration actions ‘hateful and divisive,’ Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib says

Russ McNamara January 27, 2025

President Donald Trump is making good on a campaign promise to take swift action against undocumented immigrants. With a slew...

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FILE - Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, Oct. 18, 2023, near the Capitol in Washington.
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Rashida Tlaib urges Michigan Democrats to vote ‘uncommitted’ during primary in protest against Biden

Russ McNamara February 19, 2024

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib is urging Democrats to vote "uncommitted" in Michigan’s presidential primary election on Feb. 27. The move is...

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Shri Thanedar in-studio at WDET-FM on Oct. 20, 2022.
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Congressman Shri Thanedar in the hot seat as 2024 election looms

Russ McNamara November 20, 2023

Shri Thanedar’s election to a Detroit-centric Congressional seat last year was divisive. He’d only recently moved to the city and...

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This image from House Television video shows the vote total Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, as the House votes to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., for her rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war.
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Detroit Evening Report: US House votes to censure Rashida Tlaib over Israel comments

Jerome Vaughn November 8, 2023

The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Tuesday to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib for her recent comments on the Israel-Hamas...

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FILE - Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, Oct. 18, 2023, near the Capitol in Washington.
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Detroit Evening Report: Rashida Tlaib defends pro-Palestinian video after backlash

Tia Graham November 7, 2023

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan has received widespread criticism for a video she posted over the weekend that some...

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Detroit Today: Rep. Rashida Tlaib talks improving caregiver conditions on federal level

Detroit Today May 17, 2023

The Biden administration’s focus on supporting care work across America is under renewed attention after the president announced his bid...

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This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk and Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.
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Congress members Tlaib, Dingell, Thanedar hosting public forum on Michigan waste disposal policies

Quinn Klinefelter May 1, 2023

This week, several Michigan members of Congress are set to hold a public forum on waste disposal in the state....

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Detroit Evening Report: Tlaib, Dingell introduce resolution designating Arab American Heritage Month

Sascha Raiyn April 7, 2023

Congresswomen Debbie Dingell and Rashida Tlaib introduced a resolution this week to recognize April as Arab American Heritage Month across...

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Tlaib wins re-election in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District

Nargis Rahman November 11, 2022

This week, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib won re-election in the newly redrawn 12th Congressional District, which includes parts of parts of...

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Michigan Voter Guide 2022: 12th Congressional District

Dave Kim October 25, 2022

Michigan voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, November 8, for the 2022 midterm elections. One of the races...

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