Blanche bid to move ahead with ‘weaponization’ fund ‘dead’

Source: www.rollcall.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center · Published: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:04:33 GMT

The Senate is back on track to consider acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to lead the Justice Department permanently after two key GOP holdouts said they were “pleased” with a deal they struck.  The DOJ said in a statement posted Sunday night that it has “rescinded” a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund meant to compensate […]

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