Pro-Palestinian activists accused of intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials

10 June 2026 at 21:46

Federal prosecutors unsealed indictment against activists trying to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel

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Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment on Wednesday against eight pro-Palestinian activists who are accused of conspiring to run a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials while trying to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel.

The indictment also describes vandalism against some companies that operate in Michigan and against the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.

Carney says bridge threatened by Trump will open

The Hill News

By: Tara Suter

9 June 2026 at 22:10

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that a bridge between Michigan and Canada that President Trump threatened to block will soon open. “Look, it’s positive news obviously. The bridge will be open at the end of the week,” Carney told a reporter on Tuesday, describing the move as “a symbol but also a fact of…

Carney says bridge threatened by Trump will open

The Hill

By: Tara Suter

9 June 2026 at 22:10

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that a bridge between Michigan and Canada that President Trump threatened to block will soon open. “Look, it’s positive news obviously. The bridge will be open at the end of the week,” Carney told a reporter on Tuesday, describing the move as “a symbol but also a fact of…

Pro-Israel Group Pushes for Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate Race

NYT - Top Stories

By: Jennifer Medina and Theodore Schleifer

9 June 2026 at 21:56

The main super PAC tied to the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee released its first ads backing Ms. Stevens, a moderate congresswoman locked in a tight three-way primary.

Representative Haley Stevens of Michigan has been a vocal supporter of Israel in the past.

Surveillance drones deployment on US’s Great Lakes raises data collection fears

The Guardian - World news

By: Stephen Starr

9 June 2026 at 14:00

Rights groups and some locals worry that program to ‘track illicit activity’ could become a data collection project

The Great Lakes have rarely ever been considered a hotbed of illicit drug activity or center for illegal immigration.

But that hasn’t stopped US government agencies and the company behind surveillance sailing drones from treating the region as such. The US Coast Guard recently announced it has launched an armada of at least six sailing drones in the Great Lakes this summer in an attempt to, in part, “track illicit activity”.

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