The Justice Department said it 'strongly disagrees' with the court's ruling that paused a $1.776 fund for victims of government "weaponization," but would still abide by it.
As Democrats hurdle towards the November midterms with favorable polls, top Republicans are warning their first move in power will be to 'blow up' the Supreme Court.
The fund has drawn backlash from critics who said it was a scheme to reward President Trump’s political allies with public benefits.
Republicans had opposed the fund over fears it would provide monetary compensation to January 6 Capitol rioters who assaulted police.
GOP Rep. Kat Cammack (Fla.) on Monday morning criticized the Trump administration’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, which the administration scrapped later in the day after intense backlash from congressional Republicans. Cammack, the chair of the Republican Women’s Caucus, said on Fox News’s “Mornings with Maria” that government weaponization is a “very real” and “rampant” problem.…
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The President later suggested, however, that talks were continuing at a “rapid pace.”
In a post on social media, President Trump said that talks between the United States and Iran have been continuing "at a rapid pace," not long after Iranian state media had said the high-stakes negotiations had been suspended. NBC News' Monica Alba and Richard Engel have details on the evolving situation.
The DOJ paused the Trump administration's proposed anti-weaponization fund Monday, giving Senate Republicans space to push immigration enforcement funding.
The justice department says it "disagrees strongly" with a court decision to halt the establishment of the fund.