Trump cuts Michigan

A judge issued an order Thursday blocking the HHS cuts that cost Michigan $380 million, but some local health officials are still “in a holding pattern” for now.

Michigan Public's health reporter Kate Wells explains what the federal cuts to funds allocated in response to COVID-19 mean for Michigan.

The U.S. Department of Education says previously approved projects aiming to resolve COVID-19 educational impacts are no longer eligible to receive federal funding. The department says school districts can submit another request for an extension on the funding and explain why the project is necessary.

“We've got to, though, have a system that understands that the VA...is not an employment agency," said Secretary Doug Collins.

A program that provided millions of dollars worth of donated foods to Michigan food banks has been cut by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. We talked to the head of one West Michigan food bank about what this means for their operations.

A few hundred people rallied outside a veterans hospital in Ann Arbor this weekend to protest federal cuts to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

According to DOGE's website, the state health department lost more than $390 million in federal HHS grants this week. But state health officials haven't confirmed it, and DOGE has overinflated cuts in the past.

The Trump administration issued a termination of services notice to over 100 nonprofits last week — including the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center.

There are nearly 1,300 libraries across the state of Michigan. Last year, they received almost $4.8 million from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Hundreds of people protested the Trump administration with signs and banners at highway bridge overpasses in Ann Arbor, Port Huron, Flint, Hazel Park, and Plymouth on Friday, and hundreds more showed up to protest DOGE head and Tesla CEO Elon Musk at a Tesla dealership in Ann Arbor.