- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer phoned President Trump — and hours later the Army Corps lifted a stop-work order on the Brandon Road project meant to block invasive carp.
- Officials say hundreds of juvenile invasive carp were found about 80 miles from Lake Michigan, heightening urgency to finish the barrier.
- The episode highlights the administration’s top-down, relationship-driven decisionmaking — Illinois officials say they weren’t immediately notified of the restart.
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