Federal judge extends court-ordered block on Trump’s $1.8bn anti-weaponization fund – US politics live

Judge Leonie Brinkema in Virginia ruled that fund, which Trump said would compensate ‘victims of weaponized government’, will remain blocked until further notice from the court A powerful US surveillance law is set to expire – what happens now? Sign up for the Breaking News US email Donald Trump and his allies have discussed pushing lawmakers to pass a resolution aimed at voiding his first-term impeachments , the Wall Street Journal reported last night, citing people familiar with the matter. “ It should be done because I did nothing wrong ,” Trump said when asked about the resolution in a phone call this week with the Journal. “ It was a rigged deal — it was a whole rigged situation .” Continue reading...