Trump administration drops $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund after Republican backlash

The Trump administration is abandoning the president's $1.8 billion "weaponization" fund, US Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday, after a rare backlash from Republican senators.

"We are not moving forward with the fund," Blanche said.

"Period." But Blanche ‌also told lawmakers that an agreement with Trump to bar future audits of his or his family's past tax records will remain in place.

The fund emerged from a legal settlement between the US president and the Justice Depa ...