Vote on ICE funding bill delayed as Republicans bicker over Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
GOP in turmoil over new $1.776-billion settlement fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been politically prosecuted
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GOP in turmoil over new $1.776-billion settlement fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been politically prosecuted

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GOP in turmoil over new $1.776-billion settlement fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been politically prosecuted
The Senate is heading home until June without finishing a reconciliation bill, after Republican tensions over the package coincided with President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Texas Attorn...
On May 19, the Senate advanced a separate, but similar, war powers resolution, in a rare rebuke of Mr Trump.
Congressional Republicans are lashing out over a $1.8 billion fund created by the Department of Justice this week to give payouts to those who claim to have been the target of a “weaponized...
House GOP leadership pulled a scheduled vote Thursday to rein in President Trump's military campaign in Iran after it became clear they did not have the votes to defeat it. Why it matters:...
A $72 billion reconciliation bill that would have dramatically boosted funding for ICE and CBP stalled Thursday in the Senate, and it left for recess.
The Senate has gone on recess without passing a bill to fund U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol. The catalyst for leaving without passing a bill President […]
The discord marked a potential turning point for Congress, which has been largely sidelined under the second Trump administration on the war in Iran and other issues.
Also, Democrats release a draft report on what they did wrong in 2024. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
"Republicans, so divided, so dysfunctional, so disorganized, are fleeing Washington. Their majority can't melt down fast enough" The post Schumer Crows Republicans Are ‘At Each Other’s Thro...
Congress left town without voting on what the Justice Department has called its "anti-weaponization" compensation fund. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports.
Plus, Trump postpones AI order, and ‘The Sound of Music’ is the secret to U. S.-China diplomacy.
The $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” created as part of President Trump’s settlement in his lawsuit against the IRS is facing […]
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans abruptly left Washington on Thursday without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies, frustrated with the White House a...
Democrats tried to draw a sharp contrast by highlighting how the White House proposed including $1 billion for security for the White House complex and President Donald Trump's ballroom. Re...
GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi introduced a bill to ban the use of federal money for paying out claims under the Justice Department's new "anti-weaponization" fun...
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., about his concerns with the so-called Anti-Weaponization Fund.
At least four prominent allies of President Donald Trump and one cable news network have publicly signaled interest in tapping the Department of Justice's new $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponizat...
Ahead of a meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the White House sent a document to GOP senators on Thursday explaining why President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund is...
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.
Republicans planned to vote on a major funding bill for Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week but plans collapsed amid GOP rancor over Trump's policy demands.
The US Senate has just adjourned and gone on a 10-day vacation with no reconciliation vote, or anything else significant, and it’s said that the new anti-weaponization fund by the DOJ is...
Congress won’t vote on Republicans’ multibillion-dollar immigration package this week as plans quickly fell apart over internal opposition to a pair of controversial items being pushed by t...
Senate Republicans are postponing consideration of their filibuster-proof immigration enforcement funding bill until June after it got snagged in a political debate over the Trump administr...
Senate Republican leaders on Thursday are expected to abandon a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House complex and President Donald Trump ‘s ballroom amid backlash fr...
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