President Donald Trump has quietly stepped back from one of his most contentious domestic proposals after facing resistance from within his own party.
The Trump administration plans to drop its £1.4 billion ($1.8 billion) 'Anti-Weaponisation Fund', a DOJ-administered scheme established to compensate alleged victims of prosecutorial overreach under the Biden administration, following a rare bipartisan rebellion in the Republican-led Senate, two federal court setbacks and a public broadside from former Vice President Mike Pence. Two senior administration officials confirmed the reversal to Axios on 1 June 2026, with one stating bluntly: 'It's dead for now.'
