President Trump is defending his administration’s creation of a nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund in response to heavy criticism not only from Democrats but from Republicans in the Senate, who delayed votes on a reconciliation package Thursday over the issue. The battle has become a rare point of contention between normally pliant congressional…
Senate Republicans pause immigration bill push after a tense closed-door meeting over the Trump administration's surprise anti-weaponization fund.
Senate Republicans appeared poised to restrict President Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund in a $72 billion reconciliation package for immigration enforcement. The Justice Department’s new fund…
$72 billion in funding for ICE and Border Patrol is now in limbo after GOP senators revolted against President Trump's $1.776B "anti-weaponization fund" on Thursday.Why it matters: The fund was dropped like "a bomb in the middle of a pretty well planned out reconciliation bill," Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters.The package for ICE and Border…
There is mounting frustration among some Republicans over President Donald Trump’s proposed spending, leading to both his $1 billion ballroom and the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund hitting unexpected walls within the party. Objections over the latter fund prompted Republican senators to postpone a vote on an immigration bill and leave…
Senate Republicans met with the acting attorney general to discuss the $1.8 billion fund, which ultimately derailed a vote on a bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol
Michael Cohen, a Trump lawyer-turned-critic, is planning to apply for money from the Justice Department's new "anti-weaponization fund," he told CBS News.
The Justice Department told senators that President Donald Trump and his sons won’t financially benefit from a new $1.8 billion fund to address victims of government “weaponization” and assured them the money would carry no partisan restrictions.
The main sticking point that ended up tanking the vote was the new "Anti-Weaponization Fund" introduced this week.
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) are set to introduce a bill to kill President Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, after blowback on Capitol Hill. The bill comes as congressional Democrats and Republicans have criticized the fund’s broad eligibility criteria. Specifically, lawmakers are concerned that payouts could…
