Trump’s arch construction could take 20 hours a day for 2-3 years, documents say

June 11, 2026 11:00 AM EDT / CBS News

By Kathryn Krupnik

Federal officials are seeking an aggressive work schedule to construct President Trump’s triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery, which includes a 20-hour-a-day work schedule over two to three years, according to documents published on the Federal Register this week.

The construction phase could last up to 11 months and “would require several tower cranes, forklifts, skid steers, drill rigs, and concrete pumping systems,” National Park Service documents filed to the federal register said. “Work would occur year-round, with work occurring in two 10-hour shifts per day (20 hours per day, year-round) for the duration of the construction period.”

For months, Mr. Trump has been touting plans for a 250-foot triumphal arch in a traffic circle in between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. The proposed site technically falls within the boundaries of the District of Columbia, although it is on the Virginia side of the Potomac.

Rendering of Trump triumphal arch that would sit between Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Cemetery submitted by Interior Dept. to Commission on Fine Arts, April 16, 2026.

Vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic on the Arlington Memorial Bridge, a key artery between Washington, D.C. and Virginia, and Arlington Boulevard, which borders Arlington National Cemetery, would be affected. Westbound traffic would be reduced from three lanes to two on the bridge.

Officials have proposed that the arch be located in the middle of Memorial Circle, at the entrance to the bridge, and the new plans say that the construction will require a “series of physical modifications within and around Memorial Circle.” Memorial Circle is also directly adjacent to the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery.

If construction goes forward as proposed, the arch would dwarf the 99-foot Lincoln Memorial, which is across the bridge. It would also be roughly 30 feet taller than the Plaza de la República in Mexico City, currently the largest arch in the world.

The National Park Service documents say the 250-foot height “is intended to celebrate 250 years of American independence.”

While many of D.C.’s monuments are constructed in natural stone such as marble and limestone, the arch will be built from concrete and finished with granite.

The Federal Aviation Administration said last week that it is conducting a full aeronautical study in coordination with the National Park Service, which is listed as the sponsor of the plan. The FAA said in a statement last week that “career safety experts found no adverse impacts to operations” at nearby Ronald Reagan National Airport.

The FAA feasibility study found that safety lights would need to be added, saying these red obstruction lights cannot “not penetrate the visual traffic pattern” and not “have any effect on airport facilities or radio/visual navigational and landing aids.”

The comment period on the arch is currently open. It will close on June 15, 2026.

New drawings show proposed “Arc de Trump”

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以违反封锁为由 美军在阿曼湾击中一艘油轮

2026年6月11日 22:22 / 联合早报

美国中央司令部6月11日发布的视频截图显示，美军对悬挂几内亚比绍国旗的油轮贾尔维尔号（MT Jalveer）发动袭击。 （法新社）

美国中央司令部6月11日发布的视频截图显示，美军对悬挂几内亚比绍国旗的油轮贾尔维尔号（MT Jalveer）发动袭击。 （法新社）

美军中央司令部发表声明说，美军在阿曼湾击中一艘油轮，使它丧失航行能力。这是美军本周打击的第三艘商船。

美军中央司令部星期四（6月11日）发表声明说，美国东部时间10日晚上11时20分（新加坡时间11日早上11时20分）许，美军在阿曼湾打击一艘违反封锁、试图运输伊朗石油的油轮，使它丧失航行能力。

新华社引述声明说，这艘油轮悬挂几内亚比绍国旗。在船员多次拒绝服从美军指令后，美军飞机向油轮机舱发射了两枚导弹。

此前，英国海上贸易行动办公室（UKMTO）通报，一艘在霍尔木兹海峡附近航行的油轮机舱发生火灾。事故发生在阿曼苏哈尔东北21海里处。

法新社引述印度驻阿曼大使馆在社交媒体X网站上发布的消息说，阿曼海军正在疏散贾尔维尔号（Jalveer）油轮的船员，但未提及船员国籍或起火原因。

据英国海事安全公司Vanguard称，这艘悬挂几内亚比绍国旗的油轮载有20名船员。

根据中央司令部声明，美军分别于8日和9日打击悬挂帕劳国旗的两艘油轮，使它们丧失航行能力。两艘油轮试图驶往伊朗港口，运输伊朗石油，违反封锁规定。

6月8日，美国对悬挂帕劳国旗的油轮马里韦克斯号（MT Marivex）发动袭击后，阿曼当局用直升机救起24名印度船员。

印度航运部长索诺瓦尔说，9日在阿曼海岸附近遭美国击沉的油轮塞特贝洛号（MT Settebello）上的三名印度海员已经遇难。这是本周美国第二次袭击以印度船员为主的商船。

美财长：将用冻结的伊朗账户资金补偿波斯湾国家损失

2026年6月11日 22:49 / 联合早报

6月4日，美国财政部长贝森特在华盛顿特区出席国会众议院筹款委员会听证会。 （彭博社）

美国财政部长贝森特说，美国将动用冻结的伊朗资产，为伊朗对美国波斯湾地区盟友造成的损害埋单。

贝森特星期四（6月11日）在社交媒体X平台发文称，任何缴付给波斯湾海峡管理局的费用，也将从伊朗的账户资金中抵扣。

彭博社引述他说：“伊朗发动的每一次攻击，都只会加深它面临的经济和金融后果。”

在和平谈判的要求中，德黑兰坚持要求返还约240亿美元（近309亿新元）的冻结资产，并支付战争赔偿。

伊朗副外长加里巴巴迪（Kazem Gharibabadi）本周说，美国不能动用它冻结的伊朗资产，帮助地区盟友从战争损害中重建。他在X上说：“伊朗资产既不是华盛顿的战利品，也不是为其盟友付款的基金。”

6月4日，美国财政部长贝森特在华盛顿特区出席国会众议院筹款委员会听证会。 （彭博社）

美国财政部长贝森特说，美国将动用冻结的伊朗资产，为伊朗对美国波斯湾地区盟友造成的损害埋单。

贝森特星期四（6月11日）在社交媒体X平台发文称，任何缴付给波斯湾海峡管理局的费用，也将从伊朗的账户资金中抵扣。

彭博社引述他说：“伊朗发动的每一次攻击，都只会加深它面临的经济和金融后果。”

在和平谈判的要求中，德黑兰坚持要求返还约240亿美元（近309亿新元）的冻结资产，并支付战争赔偿。

伊朗副外长加里巴巴迪（Kazem Gharibabadi）本周说，美国不能动用它冻结的伊朗资产，帮助地区盟友从战争损害中重建。他在X上说：“伊朗资产既不是华盛顿的战利品，也不是为其盟友付款的基金。”

Senate map tightens as top forecaster moves 3 races toward Democrats

June 11, 2026 10:35am EDT / Fox News

North Carolina moved to lean Democrat while Alaska and Ohio shifted to toss-up in latest ratings

By Paul Steinhauser Fox News

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A leading nonpartisan political handicapper shifted three Senate races toward the Democrats on Thursday and predicted that with just under five months to go until the midterm elections, the Democrats have a “clearer path to winning the Senate majority.”

But Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia adds that despite the shifts, “we still favor Republicans in the overall race for the Senate.”

Republicans currently control the Senate 53-47 but are battling stiff political headwinds, as the party in power in the nation’s capital traditionally loses seats in the midterms. The GOP also faces a rough political climate fueled by economic concerns amid persistent inflation, as well as rising gas prices tied to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran and President Donald Trump’s underwater approval ratings.

THESE MIDTERM RACES WILL DETERMINE WHETHER REPUBLICANS HOLD THEIR SENATE MAJORITY

The Senate side of the U.S. Capitol is shown on Jan. 12, 2026. Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority in the chamber.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)

Sabato’s Crystal Ball shifted the race in battleground North Carolina from toss-up to lean Democrat. Former two-term Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is facing off against former Republican National Committee Chair Mike Whatley in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis.

It moved the Senate showdown in Alaska, where GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan is expected to face off against former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, from lean Republican to toss-up.

And in Ohio, where appointed GOP Sen. Jon Husted is being challenged by former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, it shifted the rating from lean Republican to toss up.

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Republican Sen. Jon Husted and former longtime Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, will face off in a highly anticipated U.S. Senate race in Ohio in November.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images ; Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The movement toward the Democrats in the Ohio race comes a week after a Fox News poll indicated Brown currently up by eight points, 53%-45%, over Husted.

Democrats need a net gain pickup of four seats in the midterms to win back control of the Senate they lost in the 2024 elections.

Pointing to the four races it now considers toss-ups, Sabato’s Crystal Ball said “there are now enough Toss-up races to give Democrats a clearer path to winning the Senate majority… But Republicans can block Democrats by winning just one of the Toss-ups, meaning that they’re still better-positioned to hold the majority.”

The ratings shift by Sabato’s Crystal Ball comes a month after another top nonpartisan political handicapper, the Cook Report, moved its rankings of four key Senate races in favor of the Democrats.

DEMOCRATS EYE NARROW PATH TO CAPTURE SENATE MAJORITY, BUT ONE WRONG MOVE COULD SINK THEM

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Senate Republican campaign chair Tim Scott ‘extremely optimistic’ about expanding majority but spotlights ‘difficult’ climate

National Republican Senatorial Committee chair Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina speaks exclusively with Fox News Digital about the GOP’s chances in the midterm elections.

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, is optimistic that Democrats can flip the chamber. Gillibrand told Fox News Digital earlier this year she sees “all the makings of a blue wave.”

Gillibrand’s rival, National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chair Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, acknowledged in a Fox News Digital interview earlier this year that “there’s no doubt the climate has gotten more and more difficult.”

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But Scott emphasized he remains “incredibly optimistic, not only about holding the majority, but still expanding the majority.”

And NRSC National Press Secretary Bernadette Breslin told Fox News Digital on Thursday that “no battleground races can be taken for granted. While Democrat candidates lurch further left to appease their radical base, Republicans are staying focused on lowering costs, investing in American workers, and doing the work required to defend the majority.”

Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.

五角大楼发言人帕内尔证实，五角大楼内部系统“检测到空气质量问题，因此需要采取预防措施，直至确定​​其严重程度”。 （法新社）

（华盛顿综合电）美国五角大楼周四发生危险物质泄漏事件，大楼内部多个楼层和走廊被封锁，部分区域疏散了人员。

阿灵顿县消防救援部门星期四（6月11日）在社媒平台X上发布消息说，消防员正在调查五角大楼发生的一起危险物质泄漏事件。

五角大楼发言人帕内尔在一封电子邮件中说：“五角大楼拥有先进的系统，以确保大楼及其人员的安全。这些系统检测到空气质量问题，因此需要采取预防措施，直到我们确定其严重程度。”

帕内尔也说：“国防部正在执行标准防护程序，包括对受影响区域发布就地避险令。应急小组已就位，随时准备为大楼内人员提供支持。”

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）引述消息人士说，五角大楼二至五层以及部分走廊已被封锁，多层楼人员被疏散，应急人员穿戴全套防毒面具和化学防护服。

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CNN也引述五角大楼安全团队发出的消息称，需要进行更多测试以确定问题的根源。

五角大楼是世界上最大的办公楼之一，曾在2001年9月11日卡伊达组织恐怖袭击中遭到攻击。

U.S. charges 3 for alleged smuggling conspiracy involving unaccompanied minors

June 11, 2026 / 11:42 AM EDT / CBS News

The Justice Department announced on Thursday it has charged three people in Ohio for conspiring to smuggle unaccompanied minors across the U.S. border.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the indictment against Maritza Azucena Cahuec Coc, Carlos Cahuec Coc and one other defendant is emblematic of a broader problem, in which fraudsters are often serving as “super sponsors” of three or more unrelated unaccompanied minors. Many of those children are then subsequently trafficked for labor or sex, he said.

“When the government fails to protect our borders, it is the most vulnerable who suffer,” Blanche told reporters at a news conference.

The indictment, unsealed in the Northern District of Ohio, charges the defendants with 19 counts, including conspiracy to encourage and induce an alien to enter the U.S., making false statements, identity theft and more.

Markwayne Mullin, the secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, alleged that the Biden administration was derelict in its duty by failing to vet the sponsors of the children and to conduct wellness checks to ensure their safety.

“The Biden administration, under true neglect at best and criminal at worst,” allowed 450,000 kids to go missing, he alleged, adding that the Trump administration has so far located 146,000.

The remaining 300,000 remain missing, he added.

Mullin and Blanche did not suggest, however, there were any plans underway to target former Biden administration officials who were involved in the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement for criminal prosecution. The ORR is the agency responsible for caring for unaccompanied minors until they can be connected with sponsors in the U.S., typically family members.

“I’m not indicting past leadership right here on this podium,” Blanche told reporters. “But you can also not ignore what was an incredible dereliction of duty at best.”

DOJ, DHS and HHS officials said on Thursday that they have determined there are more than 81,000 of the same addresses used to repeatedly receive unaccompanied minors.

Angie Salazar, the acting director of the ORR, told reporters that the administration also identified more than 76,000 instances where mandatory safety checks were missing, as well as more than 97,000 cases that lacked background checks.

Salazar said that children who are the victims of crime, even those who are now adults, are eligible to apply for a U-visa. The visas are typically granted to noncitizens who are victims of crime or who have provided substantial assistance to law enforcement.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-nominates-todd-blanche-his-former-personal-attorney-for-attorney-general/

US Homeland Security chief defends visa denials as World Cup begins

2026-06-11 14:37 UTC / Reuters

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WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Thursday defended the Trump administration’s visa denials as the World Cup kicked off this week, saying it had conferred with FIFA officials but declining to discuss specific cases.

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五角大楼发言人帕内尔证实，五角大楼内部系统“检测到空气质量问题，因此需要采取预防措施，直至确定​​其严重程度”。 （法新社）

（华盛顿综合电）美国五角大楼周四发生危险物质泄漏事件，大楼内部多个楼层和走廊被封锁，部分区域疏散了人员。

阿灵顿县消防救援部门星期四（6月11日）在社媒平台X上发布消息说，消防员正在调查五角大楼发生的一起危险物质泄漏事件。

五角大楼发言人帕内尔在一封电子邮件中说：“五角大楼拥有先进的系统，以确保大楼及其人员的安全。这些系统检测到空气质量问题，因此需要采取预防措施，直到我们确定其严重程度。”

帕内尔也说：“国防部正在执行标准防护程序，包括对受影响区域发布就地避险令。应急小组已就位，随时准备为大楼内人员提供支持。”

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）引述消息人士说，五角大楼二至五层以及部分走廊已被封锁，多层楼人员被疏散，应急人员穿戴全套防毒面具和化学防护服。

CNN也引述五角大楼安全团队发出的消息称，需要进行更多测试以确定问题的根源。

五角大楼是世界上最大的办公楼之一，曾在2001年9月11日卡伊达组织恐怖袭击中遭到攻击。

传美国安会取消会晤郑丽文 国民党：暴露民进党恐慌

2026年6月11日 21:34 / 联合早报

台湾在野的中国国民党主席郑丽文当地时间星期二（6月9日）参观纽约皇后植物园。 （郑丽文脸书）

亲绿台湾媒体《自由时报》引述不具名的国民党访美团成员透露，台湾在野的中国国民党主席郑丽文原定美东时间星期三（6月10日）在白宫与美国国安会官员会面，但会面在未告知原因情况下取消。国民党星期四（11日）回应称，这是特定媒体故意诋毁，暴露出民进党的恐慌。

综合台湾《联合报》和ETtoday新闻云等报道，针对有媒体报道称，美国国安会临时取消与郑丽文主席会面，国民党指出，郑丽文在华府与行政部门的会面是全部保密不对外释出任何信息，特定媒体故意诋毁，只是暴露出民进党的恐慌和心虚。

《自由时报》报道引述华府外媒圈称，在多方洽排下，郑丽文一行原本表定与国安会官员会见，但地点并非外传在白宫，而是美国在台协会（AIT）华盛顿总部；拟会面的官员层级也低于台中市长卢秀燕今年3月访美时接触的资深主任级官员。不过，相关安排最终未能成行。

《自由时报》引述华府媒体圈人士研判，此次会面取消可能与郑丽文近期针对对美军售、台美关系及第一岛链安全合作的言论有关。

报道并引述一名未具名华府记者称，军购特别条例是台美双方研议的结果，郑丽文却将之诬指为空白授权，并指控民进党政府贪污，就让美国国安及军方系统大感不满，因为这形同在指涉美方有问题。