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Critics say adding Trump's arch to D.C. would take something away: the view

A second federal agency advanced Trump's arch proposal on Thursday, but requested more information about its implications for everything from the landscape to pedestrian safety to aviation.

Police officers block a street during a demonstration in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, opposing a luxury coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump over concerns about environmental impacts and transparency.

Plans for a Trump family-linked resort spark protests in Albania

A coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania. The government says the project will transform the nation, but environmental campaigners and critics oppose it.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before the House Appropriations Committee, Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Washington.

President Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general

Trump said at a dinner at the White House that he plans to nominate Blanche formally, according to a video of the event posted on social media by a White House aide.

A man wearing glasses, a blue suit jacket, white dress shirt, and red tie speaks in a legislative chamber. He is photographed in close-up from a slightly lower angle, mouth open mid-speech. Behind him, the ornate interior of the Michigan State Capitol is visible — warm yellow and terra cotta walls, dark wood paneling, and a crowded floor with other people in business attire milling about.

Plan to fire MSU, UM, WSU board members fails in House

The proposal is an effort to address board-level dysfunction at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University.

The exterior of Detroit Receiving Hospital on a sunny summer day with a clear blue sky. In the foreground, a blue wayfinding sign reads "DMC Detroit Medical Center — Detroit Receiving Hospital, 4201 St Antoine — University Health — Emergency — Trauma Center — Burn Center — Parking." An arrow points toward the Emergency entrance. Behind the sign, trees line the property and a large modern hospital building is visible in the background, with a partially visible red "Emergency" sign on the facade. A dark SUV is parked along the curb.

A migrant needed surgery at DMC after an ICE encounter. The hospital won’t talk to her husband.

DMC won’t acknowledge that Yerlys Moreno López is in its care, apparently bowing to pressure from ICE.

A rally on the steps of a government building, the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, on a sunny day. A woman speaks at a wooden podium in the foreground, flanked by other attendees. Behind her, a crowd of roughly two dozen people sit and stand on the steps holding handmade signs and a large red banner reading "Fund Homes Not Raids" in white block letters. Other visible signs include "People Over Profit," "Lives Over Money," "Camp Sweeps Kill," "Fund Housing Now," "Housing is a Right," "Rent is Too Damn High," "We Need Housing Now and the Future," and "Camp Sweeps Kill All." Most participants are wearing red. A stroller is visible at the right edge of the frame.

Michigan Democrats, advocates push affordable housing policies

Some proposals, including zoning legislation, have received bipartisan support. But a "renters' bill of rights" is unlikely to pass.

The proposed tunnel for the Line 5 oil and natural gas liquids pipeline would be constructed under the Straits of Mackinac west of the Mackinac Bridge.

New law could allow Mackinac Island to regulate ferry fares, surcharges

The new law would allow the island to assume more authority over fares, baggage handling fees and parking rates on ferry routes.

The U.S. Capitol is seen Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

House passes war powers resolution directing Trump to end hostilities with Iran

The vote marked a rare bipartisan rebuke of the war, but is mostly symbolic. Democrats have been unable to pass a war powers resolution in the Senate, and even if they could it would likely be vetoed.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks during a news conference following a weekly policy luncheon with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on June 02, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Thune was joined by U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK), U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV).

Senate Republicans start debate on ICE funding package

The Senate voted along party lines to start debate on a Republican bill to fund immigration enforcement through the end of President Trump's term.

Consumers Energy asks for $456 million rate hike, AG Nessel pledges to intervene

In a filing Tuesday, the utility company applied for the increase, less than three months after the utility received approval for a $217 million rate increase request submitted last year.

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