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Senate Republicans narrowly block bid to bar Trump’s $1.8bn fund to pay allies
Trump’s $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund Senate Republicans in the United States have punted
Trump administration was not moving forward with the $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fund. Photograph: Samuel Corum/CNP/Shutterstock - **Senate Republicans
Trump’s $1.8bn ‘Maga slush fund’ in US Senate Democrats in the US Senate vowed to force Republicans
1.8bn settlement fund in ‘vote-a-rama’ Republicans in the United States Senate have renewed their push to pass a controversial $70bn immigration-enforcement funding bill, a top policy priority for President Donald Trump
Republicans were relying on to get around the Democrats’ filibuster in the Senate. Trump’s announcement of a nearly $1.8bn “anti-weaponization” fund
Senate had vowed to force [Republicans](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans) to vote on what they deride as a $1.8bn “Maga slush fund” established as part of a resolution of Donald Trump
Trump from **creating a $1.8bn fund to pay his allies**. The measure was narrowly defeated in a 49-50 vote after three Republican senators
Senate Republicans last week [derailed the bill](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/21/senate-republicans-to-ditch-trump-ballroom-funding), at least temporarily, in a dispute over Donald Trump’s plans for a White House ballroom and the creation of a [$1.8bn “anti-weaponization
Trump in recent days. Republicans in the Senate have forced the president to withdraw a demand for $1bn in security funding for his White House ballroom project, and to abandon a proposed $1.8bn
Trump administration is abandoning the president’s nearly $1.8bn “weaponisation” fund, United States Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has said, on the heels of a widespread political backlash and legal setbacks
1.8bn fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been unjustly investigated and persecuted – potentially including people who were prosecuted and later pardoned for their roles in the Capitol attack. As Cassidy reflected
Trump administration's new investigation-compensation fund is drawing sharp criticism from members of the president's own party who declined to pass government-funding legislation on Thursday due to disagreements over the fund
1.8bn to people allegedly harmed by government overreach. Critics had said the money was a slush fund to pay out to Trump's allies, including the rioters who attacked the US Capitol
1.8bn “anti-weaponisation” fund, designed to compensate victims of government “lawfare”. Trump has used terms like “weaponisation” and “lawfare” to describe indictments against his supporters, including the rioters who attacked the US Capitol
Senate confirmation process would go "very quickly". Earlier this week, Trump praised Blanche on the Pod Force One podcast: "He's a very talented guy. Todd's doing a very good job at DOJ." Blanche
1.8bn fund to compensate his allies](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/01/senate-democrats-challenge-trump-slush-fund), a person familiar with his thinking said on Monday, as the justice department paused the program. Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund has faced legal setbacks
1.8bn (£1.3bn) in taxpayer funding to political allies lasted all of two weeks before his Department of Justice (DOJ) abandoned the idea amid an intense backlash from Republicans in Congress. The justice department
senator Zach Wahls, who had pitched himself as an anti-establishment outsider. On the Republican side, Randy Feenstra’s second-place finish in the gubernatorial race ended Donald Trump’s perfect endorsement streak, which
Senate remains up in the air, with voters potentially waiting weeks until the results are known.** State election officials continue to work through the uncounted primary ballots, a process that could take days or weeks