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Republicans emerge as biggest threat to Trump's controversial DOJ fund

Senate Democrats are doing everything they can to kill President Donald Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund, and Republicans may be keen on helping them.The nearly $2 billion fund has drawn heavy criticism from both sides of the aisle since its announcement last month as part of the settlement between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). It also, for now, has blown up the GOP’s push to advance billions in immigration enforcement funding. And as lawmakers return from a week-long break, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democrats aren’t going to let the issue die quietly. ...