The Associated Press

Mutual trust between President Donald Trump and the Democrats is elusive as leaders in both parties bet that public sentiment will pressure the other side to cave.

The buyout will create the 9th largest U.S. bank with approximately $288 billion in assets.

Lawyers say federal authorities are keeping a Michigan man in custody in a deportation case, despite his life-threatening leukemia. The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is seeking a bond hearing for Jose Contreras-Cervantes. It could allow him to return to his Detroit-area family and doctors while his case winds through immigration court. The Trump administration is refusing to agree to bond hearings for immigrants if they entered the U.S. illegally.

The event was originally promised to be about tax cuts and economic policy, but Vance and other speakers strayed into other topics.

“Charlie was not killed for his extremism. He was killed because he was effective, persuasive and unafraid," said Jim Runestad, Michigan Republican Party chairman.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer met privately with President Donald Trump last week to urge him to change course on tariffs that are having a big impact on automakers in her state.

The Pollinator Performance Center’s range of projects includes a training program for dogs to uncover a bacterial disease that threatens honey bee larvae.

State Rep. Joe Tate announced Friday he will exit the race to to replace Democratic U.S. Sen. Gary Peters. Tate struggled to fundraise against the other candidates.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving to roll back rules on greenhouse gases and exempt oil refineries, chemical manufacturers and others from clean air regulations.

In Lansing Thursday, lawmakers introduced legislation to ban law enforcement officers from wearing masks. The bill's sponsor says the law would apply to all levels of law enforcement, but is specifically in response to ICE’s tactics.