Quinn Klinefelter

Detroit

Senior News Editor, Reporter and Host at WDET-FM (Detroit MI)

I'm interested in politics, sports, music and illuminating hidden corners

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Michigan Immigrant Rights Center claims Trump avoiding judge's order, cutting funds that help kids in court

1 week ago | wdet.org | Quinn Klinefelter

Tens of thousands of immigrant children — including hundreds in Michigan — came to the U.S. fleeing gangs, human trafficking or trying to re-unite with family members. Nonprofit groups supplied attorneys to help keep the children here, some so young they need a teddy bear to calm them when they testify in immigration court. But the Trump administration is halting federal funding for the effort, apparently defying the courts to do so.
Auto advocates want Trump to hit the brakes on tariffs

1 week ago | wdet.org | Quinn Klinefelter

The heads of the Detroit Regional Chamber and the trade association MichAuto are just two of the many business leaders requesting a pause to tariffs. They sent a letter last week asking the White House to avoid tariffs on auto parts and vehicles and instead renegotiate the free trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada (USMCA.)The administration enacted the auto tariffs anyway.
Father of Oxford High School shooter seeking new trial

1 week ago | wgvunews.org | Quinn Klinefelter

James and Jennifer Crumbley are each serving between 10 and 15 years in prison for failing to stop their son from committing the 2021 mass shooting at Oxford High. But defense attorneys contend the prosecution denied the Crumbley’s a fair trial because they never mentioned a deal for testimony from some school employees. Assistant Prosecutor Marc Keast counters the agreement did not give the employees any immunity or sway the verdict.
Pontiac Mayor Tim Greimel makes bid for Congress, says he'll support 'working people'

1 week ago | wdet.org | Quinn Klinefelter

Michigan Republican U.S. Rep. John James says he’s running for governor. That leaves an open seat among the GOP’s very narrow majority in the U.S. House. Several Democrats are already vying to fill that void in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District. They include Pontiac Mayor Tim Greimel, a past Democratic leader in the Michigan state House who officially declared his candidacy for Congress on Thursday.
A former hostage struggles with the return home

2 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Quinn Klinefelter

It has been almost a year since 55-year-old former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan was released from a Russian labor camp in one of the largest prisoner exchanges between the U.S. and Russia since the Cold War. But since returning home, the Michigan native says he still feels trapped. Only this time it's in a web of government bureaucracy. It was last August when a small plane touched down at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
A former hostage struggles with the return home

2 weeks ago | wbhm.org | Quinn Klinefelter

Transcript:MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Some nations and terrorist groups use hostages as bargaining chips. Negotiating their release is often time-consuming and complicated. It took the cooperation of several countries last summer for the U.S. and Russia to complete the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War. Paul Whelan, a 55-year-old retired U.S. Marine, was freed in the exchange. He had been held for more than five years.
Civil Engineers say Michigan storm water system is drowning in aged infrastructure

2 weeks ago | wdet.org | Quinn Klinefelter

One of the few issues that often bridges the political divide is concern over the condition of the nation’s roads, rails and other infrastructure. Those worries extend to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), which grades U.S. infrastructure every four years. The group’s most recent report card gives the nation a mediocre “C.” It rates Michigan’s infrastructure as being slightly worse than that.
Trump tariffs on Canada lumber could chop U.S. wood supplies

3 weeks ago | wdet.org | Quinn Klinefelter

President Trump is threatening to raise tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber to 27 % as soon as this week. The move could impact everything in the U.S. from lumber needed to build affordable housing to wood chips used to make toilet paper. Trump says his administration would compensate by harvesting more trees from national forests, which includes several in Michigan. But some experts say it’s not that simple.
Former hostage Paul Whelan returns home, to a web of bureaucracy

3 weeks ago | wusf.org | Quinn Klinefelter

Paul Whelan was part of the largest prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia since the end of the Cold War. But since coming home, Whelan says he's still imprisoned — by bureaucracy.
Former Russian hostage Paul Whelan still feels trapped by Michigan red tape

4 weeks ago | wdet.org | Quinn Klinefelter

Using hostages as bargaining chips remains a favorite tactic of some nations and terrorist groups. Negotiating their release is often tricky. It took seven countries cooperating last summer for the U.S. and Russia to complete the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War. Among those exchanged was 55-year-old former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. But since returning home, the Michigan native says he’s still felt trapped. Only this time it’s in a web of governmental bureaucracy.