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Senate GOP erupts over Trump DOJ 'anti-weaponization' fund, punts ICE, Border Patrol funding

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Senate Republicans pause immigration bill push after a tense closed-door meeting over the Trump administration's surprise anti-weaponization fund.

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Senate Republicans are debating restrictions on how President Donald Trump could use his $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" as part of their reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement, Punchbowl News reported on Wednesday evening.This comes after widespread outrage about the fund, which was created as a so-called "settlement" after Trump…

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Senate GOP scraps votes on ICE funding after tensions flare over $1.776B weaponization fund

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Senate GOP scraps votes on ICE funding after tensions flare over $1.776B weaponization fund

Senate Republicans scrapped their remaining votes for the week and won't reconvene until June after tensions exploded over the Justice Department's $1.776 billion "weaponization" fund.

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Even GOP senators think Trump’s IRS ‘anti-weaponization’ fund goes too far

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Trump's "anti-weaponization fund" torpedoes ICE funding deal

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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.

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