Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is facing questions over President Donald Trump’s proposed “Anti-Weaponization Fund” as he testifies at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro called the nearly $1.8 billion fund “unconscionable,” and said it could be used to pay those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Blanche testified that the Trump administration is “not moving forward with the fund.”
This comes after a judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from “taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation” of the fund. The administration’s plan was criticized by both Republicans and Democrats, some of whom labeled it a “slush fund” for Trump’s supporters.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin also faced criticism from Democratic lawmakers at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing. Sen. Patty Murray accused him of floating “outrageous proposals” and said he has yet to “take back the reins from Stephen Miller.”
Earlier Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified before two Congressional committees, where he faced questions over his leadership of the agency and the war in Iran.
Key Points
- Schedule for today’s hearings
- Acting AG confirms Trump 'not moving forward' with $1.8B 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
- DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin ripped over 'outrageous' policy proposals
- Dr. Oz says Trump keeps getting medical exams because he 'likes the results'
- Sen. Kaine grills Rubio over strikes against alleged drug-carrying boats
Democratic lawmaker accused Trump of lying about Epstein's plane
22:37 , Alex WoodwardRep. Madeline Dean accused President Trump of lying about not being on Epstein’s plane, “and the unredacted files prove that.”
In recently released files, a federal prosecutor in Manhattan claimed in 2020 that flight records showed Trump “traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware),” including during the period where prosecutors were preparing to charge in the case against Ghislaine Maxwell.
There were at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996 in which Trump was a passenger, according to the message. Maxwell was also present on at least four of those flights, according to an assistant U.S. attorney, whose name is redacted.
Recap: Federal judge ordered investigation into Trump's IRS lawsuit
22:33 , Alex WoodwardThe Trump administration is still fighting to stop the IRS from investigating the president, his family and their businesses, but a federal judge is opening an investigation of her own.
Last week, Judge Kathleen Williams called on the parties in Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS to address allegations of collusion, after a group of former federal judges accused the president of conspiring with his own administration to file a bogus lawsuit in an effort to reach a so-called “settlement” that bails out Trump while enriching his allies.
The judge will determine whether Trump filed a “frivolous lawsuit for the sole purpose of forcing a settlement” to create a fund for his supporters while the president, his family and their businesses escape government scrutiny for tax debts.
Blanche stressed to members of Congress today that while the DOJ is dropping plans for the “anti-weaponization fund,” the IRS agreement is still on the table.
But Judge Williams will likely have final say.
Trump may have dropped his ‘slush fund’ but not the agreement for tax amnesty, Blanche says
22:30 , Alex WoodwardPresident Donald Trump’s administration may have pulled the plug on his $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund — part of a broader settlement resolving his unprecedented $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service — but one controversial element remains intact.
Keep reading:
Trump may have dropped his ‘slush fund,’ but not the tax amnesty part, Blanche says
Acting AG faces questions over whether DOJ will send personnel to polling places
22:17 , Katie HawkinsonRep. Joseph Morelle asked Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche whether his agency would deploy personnel to polling locations this November.
“The president has continued to talk about and issue rhetoric which suggests that he might be willing to deploy military personnel or federal agents, perhaps even FBI, at polling places. I just want your assurance that you will not allow Department of Justice personnel around election places this November,” Morelle said.
Blanche testified that his agency will “comply with the law.”
Blanche confirms Trump administration 'not moving forward' with $1.8B 'slush fund'
21:45 , Katie HawkinsonActing Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed the Trump administration is “not moving forward” with his proposed “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”
This comes after a judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from “taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation” of the fund. The plan was criticized by both Republicans and Democrats, some of whom labeled it a “slush fund” for Trump’s supporters.
DHS secretary grilled on Delaney Hall conditions
21:34 , Alex WoodwardDHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin fielded several questions about the conditions and protests at Delaney Hall, a controversial ICE detention center where detainees are reportedly on hunger strike over allegedly inhumane conditions, spoiled food and lack of access to legal counsel.
But Mullin said recent health inspections “didn’t find one single violation.”
Just before he testified, however, New Jersey’s Health Department sued GEO Group, the private prison contractor that runs the facility, for “immediate” entry to investigate the jail.
Inspectors initially tried to enter Delaney Hall on May 27 but were barred from “full access” to the facility, according to a civil complaint filed on Tuesday. They were barred from the jail’s medical unit, toilets, shower facilities and sleeping areas, and were “unable to ascertain” whether GEO Group and ICE are “taking sufficient precautions to mitigate the serious and unchecked risk of communicable diseases to both detainees at Delaney Hall and New Jersey’s public at large.”
ICE jail faces lawsuit after fears of disease and ‘inadequate’ tuberculosis controls
Rep. DeLauro hits out at Trump's $1.8B 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
21:28 , Katie HawkinsonRep. Rosa DeLauro criticized President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” which she called “unconscionable.”
She made the remarks as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared before a House Appropriations subcommittee.
“It can be used to pay out violent criminals who assaulted police officers and ransacked the Capitol on January 6. ... These are the people who were arrested, they were tried, convicted, and then pardoned by the administration, and now he wants to raid the Treasury to pay them,” she said.
The plan sparked pushback from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, with critics labeling it a “slush fund” for his supporters. Trump tabled the plan after a judge temporarily blocked his administration from “taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation” of the fund in a ruling released Friday.
Mullin addreses Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case
21:16 , Alex WoodwardLots to unpack in that exchange over Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful removal case has been a flashpoint in the legal chaos around the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts.
Mullin says he is not aware of Abrego Garcia’s long-running legal battle in his attempt to deport himself to Costa Rica, which has agreed to take him.
The secretary said: “Great, if he’s willing to do that we’d be happy to send him.”
But the Trump administration — while also trying to prosecute him in a separate criminal case — has been trying for months to deport him to Liberia.
Mullin’s statement is likely to be brought up by Abrego Garcia’s attorneys in court filings.
A federal judge is currently blocking ICE from re-deporting or detaining him, noting earlier this year that the government has made “one empty threat after another to remove him to countries in Africa with no real chance of success.”
In a memo issued in March, ICE’s then-acting director Todd Lyons argued that sending him to Costa Rica would be “prejudicial to the United States.”
Last month, the judge overseeing his criminal case dismissed the indictment against him after Abrego Garcia argued he was being unlawfully targeted as part of a smear campaign after he won he wrongful deportation case.
“Objective evidence” has shown that federal prosecutors only brought charges against Abrego Garcia after he won his lawsuit challenging his arrest and removal. A decision to re-open a previously closed investigation against Abrego Garcia — coupled with public statements from administration officials including Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that tied the case to Abrego Garcia’s lawsuit — “taints the investigation with a vindictive motive,” the judge wrote.
Blanche testimony begins
21:11 , Katie HawkinsonActing Attorney General Todd Blanche is testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee.
Sen. Gary Peters grills DHS secretary over FEMA funding
21:00 , Katie HawkinsonSen. Gary Peters pressed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin over what he called the “unprecedented politicization of disaster assistance.”
“There are reports that President Trump has approved nearly 90 percent of disaster requests from red states, but only 23 percent from blue states, even when the request met the FEMA-established threshold for federal assistance,” Peters said.
He went on to ask Mullin if he believes it’s right for a president to “approve disaster aid based on whether a state voted for him instead of the amount of damage that actually occurred in the state.”
“Senator Peters, that’s not my experience with the president. As I said, we've had 37 states approved for public assistance disaster underneath President Trump,” Mullin replied.
DHS secretary says agents won't 'bother' people unless they're breaking the law
20:41 , Katie HawkinsonHomeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said most DHS agents are “not going to bother you” unless “you’re breaking the law.”
“Has it been your experience that most cops, most Border Patrol officers, most ICE agents will leave you alone unless you do illegal stuff?” Sen. John Kennedy asked.
“That is absolutely correct, and they love doing their job. They don't do it for the money, they do it because they're called to do it. ... There's always a few bad apples, but for the most part, those officers, unless you're breaking the law, they're not going to bother you,” Mullin replied.
DHS secretary ripped over 'outrageous' policy proposals
20:08 , Katie HawkinsonSen. Patty Murray accused Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin of floating “outrageous proposals” and said he has yet to “take back the reins from Stephen Miller.”
“You plan to withdraw CBP officers from airports in cities that don't roll over for Trump. That is insane. It is not only dangerous, it would also spell economic crisis for blue and red states,” she said.
Sen. Chris Murphy addresses judges accusing DHS of failing to follow court orders
20:01 , Alex WoodwardIn his opening statement, Sen. Chris Murphy brought up how judges across the country have accused DHS of repeatedly failing to follow court orders, including at least 96 violations in just one district in Minnesota.
Federal courts are swimming in cases alleging unlawful arrests and detentions filed by immigrants swept up in the Trump administration’s mass deportation dragnet.
Judges have ruled roughly 10,000 times that ICE officers had illegally arrested people without giving them the chance to prove they could safely remain in their communities while their immigration cases played out.
In the Minnesota example, ICE released the man at the center of case, but District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz unleashed his frustrations and listed 96 court orders from 74 different cases that the agency allegedly failed to follow, a count that he said was “almost certainly substantially understated.”
The fact that he can come up with a list of 96 ignored orders “should give pause to anyone — no matter his or her political beliefs — who cares about the rule of law,” he wrote.
DHS secretary responds to Sen. Murphy: 'We're doing the job that Congress gave us the authority to do'
19:58 , Katie HawkinsonHomeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin hit out at Sen. Chris Murphy, who claimed his agency has been “run so far off the rails.”
“We're doing the job that Congress gave us the authority to do, and our men and women out there every single day are enforcing laws. If you don't like the laws, you can change them. We're not picking and choosing which laws we enforce, we're simply enforcing the law,” Mullin said.
“When you throw out reckless terms and you start referring to our agents as being dangerous, unconstitutional and lawless, that's why our agents' death threats are up by 8,000 percent,” he added.
Sen. Murphy says DHS is 'off the rails'
19:54 , Katie HawkinsonDuring today’s Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Sen. Chris Murphy said the Department of Homeland Security has been “run so far off the rails.”
"The reason why Democrats and Republicans were not able to find agreement on the underlying DHS appropriations bill is because never before in the history of our nation has a federal agency been run so far off the rails as the Department of Homeland Security,” Murphy said.
“Every day this agency is breaking the law at scale and wasting billions of taxpayer dollars. DHS does not implement the law any longer. It makes up the law,” he added.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin testifies
19:47 , Katie HawkinsonHomeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is now facing questions from lawmakers at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing.
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Protester interrupts Rubio's testimony
19:45 , Katie HawkinsonA protester interrupted Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s testimony at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing Tuesday afternoon.
The protester shouted at lawmakers, telling them to “stop supporting Israel,” before being led out of the room.
Rep. DeLauro hits out at Rubio and Trump administration
19:40 , Katie HawkinsonRep. Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut, hit out at the Trump administration amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
“The United States spent years building the relationships, supply chains, laboratories, and community health networks that help stop deadly diseases at their source,” she said at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
“The Trump administration tore apart that capacity, and now wants to pretend the consequences were unforeseeable. They were not. They prepared for failure, and now it is here,” she added.
Rubio appears before House Appropriations subcommittee
19:26 , Katie HawkinsonSecretary of State Marco Rubio is testifying now at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing regarding his agency’s budget proposal.
He attended a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing earlier Tuesday, where lawmakers pressed him about his leadership of the State Department and the war with Iran.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is also set to testify at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing this afternoon.
Dr. Oz says Trump keeps getting medical exams because he 'likes the results'
18:50 , Katie HawkinsonDr. Mehmet Oz claimed President Donald Trump keeps getting medical exams because he “likes the results.”
“If the president is in such perfect health, why does he keep going back in for checkups?” a reporter asked.
“I think he likes the results. He does really well, he aces the test every single day, and I do actually believe that he is curious to make sure everything is going in the right direction,” Oz replied.
Dr. Oz addresses Trump's latest medical exam
18:39 , Katie HawkinsonDr. Mehmet Oz was pressed about President Donald Trump’s recent medical exam, which marked his fourth since he took office in January 2025.
When asked about the results, he referenced a decade-old anecdote from his TV series, The Dr. Oz Show.
“I actually have talked to the president about what he's sent to all of you, and I think it's just a routine, regular exam,” Oz told reporters.
“You remember, I had the president on my show 10 years ago, and he also presented records, and at the time I was stunned at how well he was doing, because so many of these numbers naturally over time will start going in the wrong direction. But if you look at these records, they’re spectacular,” he added.
Dr. Oz kicks off White House press briefing
18:16 , Katie HawkinsonDr. Mehmet Oz is speaking now to the press in the White House briefing room.
“It's like I'm talking to a classroom,” he joked.
Dr. Oz to lead White House press briefing
17:53 , Katie HawkinsonCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz will lead today’s White House press briefing.
He previously hosted The Dr. Oz Show from 2009 until 2022. The show ended so Oz could launch a senate campaign in Pennsylvania.
Rubio hit out at senator as she questioned him about Iran negotiations
17:30 , Katie HawkinsonSecretary of State Marco Rubio hit out at Sen. Jacky Rosen after she grilled him over his role in negotiations with Iran.
“I'd like to remind the American people that, as the Secretary of State, your main duty as America's chief diplomat is to maintain our relations with foreign nations. This is why I was shocked to see that you were at a party with President Trump in Miami, instead of accompanying Vice President [JD] Vance to Pakistan for negotiations,” Rosen said.
“What party was I at? ... That's an absurd statement. I was not at a party,” Rubio shot back.
Rubio was spotted alongside Trump at a UFC event on April 11, while Vance was in Pakistan.
He went on to call Rosen “100 percent wrong.”
“I was not at a party, where I was is next to the president, because in the midst of those negotiations, I was in communications with them. In fact, I think there is media reporting from that evening on how multiple occasions I went into a back room, I came back out and spoke to the President and was constantly updating him,” he added.
Nevada Senator seeks answers about Trump's 'Board of Peace'
17:22 , Katie HawkinsonSen. Jacky Rosen, a Democrat from Nevada, asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio how she can get answers about President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace.”
“My team's been asking for a contact with the Board of Peace for several months, just to do our due diligence, but we've received no response. Can you tell me exactly who my team should be reaching out to, please?” she asked.
“Well, I can now, because the Board of Peace has finally hired some staff. It's going to be a very lean operation. They're working out of the Institute of Peace building,” Rubio replied.
Trump first announced the board in September. Read more about his initiative below:
What is Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and which countries are members?
Rubio and Sen. Coons spar over NATO
17:07 , Katie HawkinsonSen. Chris Coons sparred with Secretary of State Marco Rubio over NATO.
“Is it not true that some of the challenges in our NATO relations have only come after President Trump threatened to seize territory from a trusted and reliable ... partner?” Coons asked.
“I don’t think that’s fair,” Rubio shot back.
“I think he publicly said both. He used tariffs to coerce Denmark into giving up Greenland,” the senator said.
“If you go back and study the history of it, NATO tensions and debates on whether the U.S. should be in NATO. In the 1970s, it was the reverse: it was the administration trying to stay in NATO and Congress trying to get us out. ... My point is that these debates about NATO have been ongoing for a long time,” Rubio replied.
Sen. Van Hollen calls Trump's foreign policy a 'dumpster fire'
16:26 , Katie HawkinsonSen. Chris Van Hollen hit out at Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the Iran war and called President Donald Trump’s foreign policy a “dumpster fire.”
“Mr. Secretary, this is your first public hearing since President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu launched an illegal war against Iran. Netanyahu said he's been waiting 40 years to do this — turns out he finally found a president who was both stupid and reckless enough to join him,” Van Hollen said.
“Let's face it, Mr. Secretary, the Trump foreign policy has become a dumpster fire,” he added.
Rubio faces criticism over USAID cuts
16:15 , Katie HawkinsonSen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, pushed back on Rubio’s previous claims that no one has died as a result of the government’s dismantling of USAID.
Merkley cited experts from top universities, including the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Boston University School of Public Health, who estimate “over 500,000 children have died from that sudden shutdown.”
“If you were to walk across this country, you would see one dead child equivalent every roughly 30 feet. That's the level of carnage,” Merkley said.
Sen. Kaine grills Rubio over strikes against alleged drug-carrying boats
16:06 , Alex WoodwardAt least 201 people have been killed in a U.S. military campaign against alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Sen. Tim Kaine, who has been briefed behind closed doors about the attacks, says the “presence of narcotics” on the boats is not among the criteria for targeting them.
“Why would the administration not include the presence of narcotics on the boat” as part of the criteria, he asked Rubio.
The months-long attacks have reportedly done little to combat the flow of illicit drugs into the country, raising questions about the effectiveness of an operation that law of war experts say amounts to extrajudicial killings and war crimes. The military is simultaneously intercepting suspected drug boats, suggesting that the U.S. can deploy law enforcement to stop the flow of drugs into the country without killing everyone on board. And top military officials — including the commander in charge of the campaign — have testified to members of Congress that lethal airstrikes are not the way to stop drugs from coming into the country.
The cost of the operations has exploded to at least $4.7 billion, according to research from the Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University.
Sen. Murphy lashes out at Rubio over Iran war
15:49 , Katie HawkinsonDemocratic Senator Chris Murphy lashed out at Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the war with Iran.
Murphy argued that the Trump administration’s war and blockade “has now held the entire world economy and the U.S. economy hostage to the ability to negotiate an agreement with Iran.”
He went on to ask Rubio what it would take to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
“Well, what needs to happen is very simple ... they need to announce that they will no longer fire on commercial ships that are going through or threaten to fire on ships because in many cases ships just won't move, they won't go, not because they got fired on, but because of the risk of being fired upon,” Rubio replied.
“And so they have to announce very clearly the straits are now open — we're not charging a toll, we will help remove the mines that they put in there, and they will not fire on ships,” he added.
'There is no Iranian navy': Rubio
15:28 , Katie HawkinsonSecretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers the Iranian navy is “at the bottom of the ocean.”
“Today, there is no Iranian navy. There is no such thing. There's a bunch of Boston Whalers with machine guns on them, but there is no navy. There is no Iranian navy. It lies at the bottom of the ocean, and will soon, within a number of years, be prime fishing spots, because they'll turn into reefs,” he said.
Today marks Rubio’s first public testimony since the war with Iran began in late February.
Rubio defends budget proposal
15:23 , Katie HawkinsonSecretary of State Marco Rubio defended his budget proposal in his opening remarks.
“Foreign policy cannot be separated from economic policy, from border policy, from energy policy, from any of these other spheres that are critical to our national interest,” Rubio told lawmakers.
“A country that cannot build ships or produce medicine or control immigration or access vital resources cannot defend its people, cannot defend its interests, and cannot defend its way of life. So our foreign policy continues to be reoriented around the real foundations of national strength. This budget is yet another step, I believe, in that direction,” he continued.
Shaheen slams Rubio over Ebola outbreak
15:19 , Katie HawkinsonDemocratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen blasted Secretary of State Marco Rubio for requesting budget reductions amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
“You're asking for a 44% reduction in the State Department budget that includes eliminating the World Health Organization, it includes eliminating all disease-specific funds in the middle of an Ebola crisis that's affecting Americans. Yet no one from your department can explain to us why this is a good idea,” she told Rubio.
Rubio's Senate hearing begins
15:09 , Katie HawkinsonSecretary of State Marco Rubio is testifying now before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
In pictures: Protesters gather for Rubio's Senate hearing
15:00 , Katie HawkinsonDemonstrators have gathered on Capitol Hill to protest Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he arrives for a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
ICYMI: Pam Bondi threw acting AG Todd Blanche under the bus over Epstein files
14:57 , Katie HawkinsonLast week, former Attorney General Pam Bondi told lawmakers that her successor, Todd Blanche, was responsible for the chaotic release of the so-called Epstein files.
Now, Blanche is expected to face questions about the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein investigation when he appears before lawmakers this afternoon.
Read more about Bondi’s testimony below:
Pam Bondi throws Todd Blanche under the bus over Epstein files in Congress testimony
What is Trump's $1.8B ‘slush fund'?
14:37 , Katie HawkinsonPresident Donald Trump recently proposed a nearly $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” that could be used to pay his allies.
The plan has sparked pushback from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, with critics labeling it a “slush fund” for his supporters.
But Trump tabled the plan after a judge temporarily blocked his administration from “taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation” of the fund in a ruling released Friday.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is expected to face questions from lawmakers about the fund when he testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee this afternoon.
Read more about the fund below:
Trump drops his $1.8B ‘slush fund’ after outrage over paying his allies
Rubio set to give first public testimony since Iran war began
14:14 , Katie HawkinsonSecretary of State Marco Rubio is set to testify publicly today for the first time since the Iran war began on Feb. 28.
Rubio will appear before two congressional committees today, where lawmakers are expected to grill him on the conflict.
Mullin’s testimony will be the first since his confirmation hearing
13:50 , Brendan RasciusDHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s testimony will be his first since his confirmation hearing in March, when he replaced Kristi Noem, his scandal-plagued predecessor.
His appearance on Capitol Hill comes after multiple DHS insiders complained that the former Oklahoma senator is “barely in the building,” according to The Daily Mail.
“Mullin seems to think DHS requires less work than a senator, and it shows,” one told the outlet.
When reached by The Independent, a DHS spokesperson dismissed the report's claims as "complete garbage."
Rubio expected to be grilled on Iran war
13:30 , Brendan RasciusRubio’s back-to-back hearings are supposed to be focused on the State Department’s budget request, but lawmakers are expected to spend much of their time grilling him over the war with Iran, Politico reports.
The war, launched in February by the U.S. and Israel, remains ongoing following a series of failed diplomatic talks.
On Monday, Iran announced it was suspending peace talks over Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, which have reportedly hampered U.S.-Israeli relations.
President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “You're f***ing crazy…You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this,” according to one U.S. official who summarized the call to Axios.
Here's the schedule for today’s hearings
13:15 , Brendan RasciusIt’s a busy day on Capitol Hill, with a trio of senior Trump officials set to testify before lawmakers. Here is the schedule for today’s hearings:
10 am ET: Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
2 pm: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations
2 pm: Rubio testifies again before a House Appropriations subcommittee
4 pm: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee
Blanche's hearing comes as 'anti-weaponization' fund faces setbacks
12:54 , Brendan RasciusDuring his hearing today, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is expected to face questions about Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, though the fund appears dead in the water.
After bipartisan backlash in Congress and a federal judge’s ruling on Friday that blocked the fund on a temporary basis, the Justice Department announced it will “will abide by the Court’s ruling.”
A White House official told Politico that the fund “is no more.”