WASHINGTON — The Senate began voting Thursday on a $70 billion bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through the end of President Donald Trump’s term. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Republicans plan to pass the bill without any Democratic support. But … Read more
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WASHINGTON — Applications are already rolling into the Justice Department from hopefuls aiming for some of the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, even though the process can’t officially begin until commissioners are chosen to decide how the money is doled out. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive … Read more
There will be five commissioners, chosen Todd Blanche, who will dole out money. The commissioners haven’t been announced. It’s not clear how the Justice Department will determine how to hand out the money, and the process will be largely shielded from public scrutiny, unlike a civil lawsuit that plays out in open court. Dunn and … Read more
The Trump administration is defending what it calls its “anti-weaponization” fund, using $1.8 billion of taxpayer money to pay Trump allies who say they were wrongly prosecuted by the Biden administration, and is not ruling out compensating convicted Jan. 6 rioters. On Capitol Hill, Democrats grilled acting Attorney General and former Trump personal lawyer Todd … Read more
WASHINGTON — Opponents of a $1.776 billion taxpayer-backed “anti-weaponization” fund projected a quote from one of the Founding Fathers onto the Justice Department building in protest. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “A government of laws, not of men,” read the quote from John Adams, who … Read more