The Justice Department announced Monday that President Trump is abandoning his $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund, a move driven not by Democratic opposition but by fierce resistance from within his own party on Capitol Hill. Dozens of Republican lawmakers objected to the fund, and Senate Republican leaders held a $72 billion immigration enforcement bill hostage until the matter was resolved.
The DOJ said it would abide by a federal court ruling from a United States District Court judge in the Eastern District of Virginia that halted any payouts from the fund. The decision marks a rare instance of congressional Republicans forcing the administration to reverse course on a signature initiative, and a welcome one.
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