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- Senate Republicans rejected President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion DOJ settlement fund and delayed the budget reconciliation bill until June 1.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met Republicans but left without support, and Senators Lisa Murkowski and Bill Cassidy voiced doubts, with Murkowski calling the fund a “bomb” to plan.
- A Republican senator texted that the party’s majority was “melting down,” reflecting frustration over the fund ahead of the midterm elections.
