Trump vows to push $1.8bn slush fund as Senate committee set to reconsider AG nomination

The Guardian reports that Donald Trump is reviving a controversial one point eight billion dollar "anti-weaponization" fund after previously declaring it dead. The Senate judiciary committee is set to consider Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general, but confirmation has stalled over a dispute with two outgoing Republican senators—John Cornyn and Thom Tillis—who are demanding written confirmation that the Justice Department will not establish the fund. The dispute leaves Blanche's nomination in limbo.

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