Trump pulls back $1.8 billion weaponisation fund after resistance by Republicans
The Trump administration is abandoning the president’s USD 1.8 billion “weaponisation” fund, US Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers on Tuesday, after a rare backlash from Republican senators. “We are not moving forward with the fund,” Blanche said. “Period.” But Blanche also told lawmakers that an agreement with Trump to bar future audits of …