Blanche Rescinds Fund For Trump Allies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has issued a formal order terminating President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies. The move late Sunday follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination to become attorney general. A spokeswoman for Texas Sen. John Cornyn, one of the senators holding up Blanche’s nomination, confirmed the agreement. The other GOP senator, North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, did not have immediate comment. The Senate Judiciary Committee vote on Blanche is scheduled for Tuesday.