{"id":349548,"date":"2026-06-05T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-1-776b-where-gop-pushes-back-against-trump-debate-roundup\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T05:00:07","slug":"why-is-1-776b-where-gop-pushes-back-against-trump-debate-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-1-776b-where-gop-pushes-back-against-trump-debate-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is $1.776B where GOP pushes back against Trump? | Debate roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/7ykXN7FkqKA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why is $1.776B where GOP pushes back against Trump? | Debate roundup\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ykXN7FkqKA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Following intense GOP pushback, the administration has sought to convince Congress that the \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund is dead, with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche telling lawmakers earlier in the week that the administration is \u201cnot moving forward with the fund, period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump, though, has been far less clear, defending the fund on Wednesday and refusing to commit to scrapping it permanently. \u201cI\u2019d have to ask the lawyers, I don\u2019t know,\u201d Trump told CNN Wednesday on whether the fund is fully dead or just on hold. \u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, it was a beautiful thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Why are Republicans pushing back on the $1.776B fund?<br \/>\n10:51 $1.776B retreat: WH backs off on slush fund<br \/>\n17:24 DOJ drops fund but pushes for Trump&#8217;s IRS immunity<\/p>\n<p>Watch more CNN here: https:\/\/cnn.it\/4kh5RPe<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #1.776 #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following intense GOP pushback, the administration has sought to convince Congress that the \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund is dead, with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche telling lawmakers earlier in the week that the administration is \u201cnot moving forward with the fund, period.\u201d Trump, though, has been far less clear, defending the fund on Wednesday and refusing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":349549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[129944,131455,151012],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-349548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn","tag-following","tag-intense","tag-pushback"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why is $1.776B where GOP pushes back against Trump? | Debate roundup | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why is $1.776B where GOP pushes back against Trump? | Debate roundup for free, here on News ISC. 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