Germany’s government is struggling to mobilize infrastructure spending from its flagship €500 billion ($582 billion) investment fund designed to revive Europe’s largest economy.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced €93 billion ($108 billion) in foreign investments at the “Choose France” summit, with the bulk coming from an investment pledge from SoftBank Group Corp.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) outlined on Monday a coordinated campaign Democrats are launching to stop President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund. Trump said the $1.8 billion fund from the Justice Department was lawfully created as part of a settlement agreement he reached with the IRS to resolve his $10 billion lawsuit against the agency. […]
Senate Democrats are launching a coordinated effort to kill the Trump administration's $1.7+ billion "anti-weaponization fund."
The Senate minority leader said Democrats would use Senate procedure to try to kill President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, forcing Republicans to vote to preserve the compensation money.
American aircraft fired on a number of Iranian sites over the weekend, including Qeeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. And, Trump's anti-weaponization fund faces scrutiny in Congress and the courts.
Senate Democrats are mounting a coordinated campaign to eliminate a controversial $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund created by the Justice Department, with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowing to use every procedural tool available to force the issue to a vote.In a letter to Democratic colleagues Monday, Schumer announced that Senate Democrats would pursue multiple legislative avenues to shut down the fund, which critics have labeled a taxpayer-funded slush fund benefiting President Donald Trump and his allies, including former January 6 defendants, reported NBC News."This week, Senate Democrats will launch a coordinated effort to kill the slush fund before one cent goes out the door," Schumer wrote.Three Democratic senators — Adam Schiff of California, Mark Kelly of Arizona and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan — separately introduced legislation Monday they called the "Drain the Slush Fund Act," which would ban payments stemming from lawsuits brought by the president or vice president, retroactive to Jan. 20, 2025.Democrats are unlikely to have the votes to kill the fund outright, but the campaign is widely seen as a political maneuver designed to put Republicans on the record ahead of the 2026 midterms, when control of both chambers could hinge on a small number of competitive seats.“If Republicans return to reconciliation, we will be ready with amendments to shut the fund down,” Schumer wrote. “If they try to bury the issue, we will force them to the Senate floor. If they try to sneak behind appropriations, we will fight them there too.”The fund has already run into significant turbulence. A federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked it last week following a lawsuit by a former Jan. 6 prosecutor, while a Miami judge reopened a related case after 35 judges filed a brief calling it a fraud on the court.The controversy has also created headaches within Republican ranks, stalling a separate bill to fund ICE and Customs and Border Protection after a tense closed-door briefing between acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Senate Republicans.Schumer made clear that no modifications to the fund would satisfy Democrats. "There will be no escape hatch," he wrote. “No fake guardrails or backroom promises to hide behind. No Justice Department announcement that makes this corruption acceptable.”“No matter what Republicans do, we will force them to vote,” the minority leader added.
Fans of President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement melted down on Sunday after Trump's former vice president sharply criticized one of Trump's major initiatives. Mike Pence, who was vice president during Trump's first term, told NBC's "Meet the Press" that Trump's idea to create a nearly $1.8 billion fund to pay victims of alleged government abuse is "deeply offensive." He said the fund, which was created as part of a settlement agreement between Trump and the IRS for a lawsuit over Trump's tax returns being leaked, is a stark example of how far "departed" Trump has become from traditional conservative values. “I think that the weaponization fund is a bad idea from the start, and I would encourage the administration just to drop it,” Pence said during the interview on Sunday. Pence's comments sparked swift backlash from MAGA fans online. "Go to hell, Judas Pence," Mike Engleman, a MAGA political commentator, posted on X. "Nobody cares what that POS loser thinks," Phillip Buchanan, a MAGA personality who goes by "Catturd" on social media, posted on X. "Who cares what Mike Pence thinks?" Amy Curtis, a writer at Townhall, posted on X.