- A $1.776 billion DOJ "anti-weaponization" fund from a Trump-IRS settlement would let people seek taxpayer payouts claiming the legal system was "weaponized," and has divided Republicans — with some Jan. 6 defendants reportedly eager to file claims.
- Bipartisan blowback has upended GOP plans to use reconciliation to fund DHS immigration agencies, prompting canceled votes, a heated Senate meeting and a temporary federal court block on the fund.
- High-profile Republicans (including Mike Pence) and Democrats are lining up against it, vowing votes to kill or curb the fund, and Congress returns to this fight amid separate Iran war-powers pressure.
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