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Moynihan on disruption caused by DOGE

Mar 9, 2025 ABC News
Don Moynihan, Ford School professor, said the DOGE cuts at agencies created by Congress "is implementing an unprecedented scale of disruption.” Rather than just shrinking the government in ways conservatives have long advocated, these efforts by...
Don Moynihan
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Moynihan on DOGE employees' government salaries

Mar 4, 2025 Wired
Don Moynihan, Ford School professor, spoke about reports of DOGE employees receiving six-figure salaries from government agencies. He said, "It does seem worth understanding what these employees are being paid, especially if they are being paid...
Don Moynihan
News

Hausman discusses eliminating fossil fuel subsidies

Feb 27, 2025
A bill has been proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives to eliminate or reduce many tax breaks and exemptions currently offered to fossil fuel companies, including oil, gas, and coal. The Ford School's Catherine Hausman was recently featured...
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Bednar says Michigan politics reflect national trends

Feb 18, 2025 Michigan Advance
Michigan Advance has observed ways in which political trends and ideologies of Michiganders are representative of the broader national population. “It’s not just that we’re a swing state, but we’re kind of a microcosm of the country and our politics...
Jenna Bednar
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How government may use AI to determine spending cuts - Moynihan

Feb 18, 2025 Axios
With the emergence of AI as one of the largest technological innovations of the decade, scholars suspect AI will soon be used by the government to determine where to cut funding. "Everyone is excited about the use of AI, and over time it will...
Don Moynihan
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Moynihan claims Trump's efforts to dismantle civil service are illegal

Feb 14, 2025 The Washington Post
The Washington Post reviewed the Trump administration's recent acts to cut civil servant employees and terminate federal agency operations. Donald Moynihan, a professor at the Ford School, said “such a power would be too great in the hands of any...
Don Moynihan
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Ali discusses Trump changes to FBI

Feb 12, 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Javed Ail, a professor at the Ford School who previously worked at the FBI for 11 years, shares his concerns about cutting FBI agents which he thinks may be "impacting the current mission" of the FBI. He also explains how "you don’t really get a...
Headshot of Javed Ali in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway
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Bagenstos on RFK Jr.'s threat to medicated abortion

Feb 4, 2025 HuffPost
With Trump's nomination for Robert F Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services, many worry the drug used for medicated abortions is on the chopping block. “Under the statute that governs drug approvals, FDA is required to follow...
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Hanson comments on the limitations Trump faces on immigration policy

Feb 4, 2025 France Info
Jonathan Hanson, professor at the Ford School, spoke with France Info on the checks and balances that persevere through the Trump administration. "The Trump administration would like local law enforcement to cooperate and identify people who are in...
Jon Hanson
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Concerns arise with Trump's OMB director nomination - Moynihan

Feb 4, 2025 The New York Times
Donald Moynihan, professor at the Ford School, commented on President Trump's nomination for director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought: “Vought is Trump’s Thomas Cromwell: the behind-the-scenes fixer who enables his master’s...
Don Moynihan
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Moynihan on Elon Musk's DOGE helpers

Feb 2, 2025 Wired
“What we're seeing is unprecedented" said Don Moynihan, Ford School professor, referring to the young engineers and supposedly one current college student helping Elon Musk in his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Moynihan described how...
Don Moynihan
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Wolfers: Tariffs can have real consequences for U.S. consumers

Jan 31, 2025 Bloomberg
Ford School economics professor Justin Wolfers told Bloomberg TV's The Close that one of the biggest consequences of tariffs with Canada and Mexico could be on the many cross-border transactions that happen in the production of many consumer...
Justin Wolfers
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Deardorff asserts tariffs threats "are not common"

Dec 18, 2024 WCMU
A podcast from WCMU spoke with the Ford School's Alan Deardorff to better understand Trump's motivation using tariffs as a bargaining tool. Deardorff explained "We haven't done it much [using tariffs for trade negotiating] for many decades because...
Alan Deardorff
State & Hill

Reactions: 2024 elections

Dec 17, 2024
In the days following the 2024 elections, we sought insights from Ford School faculty members: How did we arrive at this point? And where do we go from here? Jenna Bednar, professor of political science and public policy: “The election raised the...
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Ali explains the history of FBI and role of FBI director

Dec 13, 2024
Javed Ali, Ford School professor and former senior official at FBI, the National Intelligence Council, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the National Security Council, wrote on The Conversation about the what the FBI does, its history and...
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News

Rx Kids shows promising results after its first year

Dec 9, 2024
Since its start in January of 2024, Rx Kids has been a lifesaver for young families in Flint Michigan. The program was co-founded by the Ford School's Luke Shaefer and provides Flint residents with $1,500 mid-pregnancy, and $500 each month for the...
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Rx Kids showing positive early results: Shaefer

Dec 9, 2024 Next City
"So far, RxKids has shown a reduction in depressive symptoms and increases in positive wellbeing, with larger numbers of participants indicating that they feel loved, hopeful and respected. Preliminary outcomes also show lowered anxiety scores...
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Ali comments on increase in "swatting"

Nov 27, 2024 The Telegraph
Javed Ali, associate professor of practice at the Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, who is a former FBI agent, said swatting was used to “intimidate or actually try to physically threaten somebody”.“Sometimes it could just be retaliation for...
Headshot of Javed Ali at Weill Hall's 4th floor Whitman Lounge
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Stevenson talks possible Trump tariff and immigration plans

Nov 27, 2024 Bloomberg
Betsey Stevenson, Ford school professor said, "I don't think its reigniting" about the inflation rate, though she said it is hard to reduce inflation from 3% to 2%. She also talked immigration, saying "one of the reasons we have had such fast...
Betsey Stevenson