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Trump agenda faces challenges as DOJ drops ‘anti-weaponization’ fund and Iran talks appear to stall

2026-06-01 News & Politics
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President Trump is expected to drop his $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund after bipartisan backlash. It comes as Iran says it is suspending peace talks after Israel expanded its military operations in Lebanon. NBC News correspondents Mel Zanona, Garrett Haake, Richard Engel, Courtney Kube and Allie Canal report on the latest developments. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Subscribe to Here's the Scoop podcast: https://www.nbcnews.com/heres-the-scoop-daily-podcast » NBC News App: https://apps.nbcnews.com/mobile » Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621 » Visit NBCNews.Com: http://nbcnews.to/ReadNBC » Find NBC News on Facebook: http://nbcnews.to/LikeNBC » Follow NBC News on Twitter: http://nbcnews.to/FollowNBC » Follow NBC News on Instagram: http://nbcnews.to/InstaNBC #Trump #DOJ #Politics

Top Comments (10)

@balibob47 2026-06-01

"You will never find justice in the world where criminals make the rules" ~~ Bob Marley

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@pamdiemond1454 2026-06-01

What about the rest of the deal. The part where the Trump family can’t be audited.

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@kerstinsobus1490 2026-06-01

We do not have a war department. We have an unintelligent Pete Hegseth who thinks he is playing a video game.

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@jillfasick6313 2026-06-01

It is the department of Defense..not the war department…only Congress can change it’s name…please report this accurately.

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@1952RONALD 2026-06-01

He had to ask BEBE for directions

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@thor3399able 2026-06-01

If we get 2 more years of this, we'll be done. We are at hands of criminals and inexperienced people. Terrible.

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@debbielighthall9671 2026-06-01

He is dropping it because the judge got wise

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@beastmaster6943 2026-06-01

_'Donald Trump's DOJ drops fund'_ I don't buy that for a second.

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@ZimuzorOkezie-k7z 2026-06-01

Trump, give us back our money right now! 😡

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@RollSe7en 2026-06-01

My goodness, this administration becomes more and more pathetic which each passing day. What a disaster to the world Trump and his spawn are.

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