‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund Paused, Whiplash Diplomacy, Tennis Queen Returns and more
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🗓️ 1 June 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there from CNN. I'm Krista Bo Polanco with the five things you need to know for Monday, June 1st. |
| 0:07.3 | The future of the Trump administration's controversial anti-weaponization fund is unclear. |
| 0:13.0 | Remember, this was a proposed $1.8 billion fund that was meant to compensate people who believe they were unfairly targeted by the Justice Department. |
| 0:21.3 | The Justice Department said in a statement today, it'll comply with a federal court order |
| 0:25.1 | temporarily blocking the fund's creation, but it's stopped short of scrapping the fund entirely. |
| 0:30.7 | And it's causing major friction among Republicans. Many Senate Republicans have raised concerns |
| 0:35.5 | that the fund would essentially act as a slush fund |
| 0:37.7 | for January 6th convicts and Trump allies. |
| 0:40.7 | And many of them are refusing to move ahead on an immigration enforcement funding bill |
| 0:44.8 | until their concerns are addressed. |
| 0:47.1 | Senate Majority Leader John Thune told CNN today he thinks the White House should just shut the fund down. |
| 0:52.4 | CNN's Kristen Holmes says more on the drama brewing in Washington over this. |
| 0:56.4 | We've heard from White House allies, from Trump allies, from administration officials themselves, |
| 1:01.8 | all saying that they don't believe that this is a good idea, that while they understand the |
| 1:07.3 | concept behind it, that there have been enormous, that because of the enormous |
| 1:11.0 | amount of pushback, that maybe this wasn't the best time for it. |
| 1:15.2 | So it appears as though at least some of that messaging has gotten through to President |
| 1:18.8 | Trump. |
| 1:19.8 | We gotta take a quick break, but more news coming up, including the whiplash diplomacy on |
| 1:24.6 | the U.S.-Iran peace talks and some encouraging signs on the Ebola outbreak |
| 1:28.4 | in Central Africa. Plus, we'll tell you which state is the first to sue an AI company. Stick around. |
| 1:37.0 | Get the new fix-and-fall tariff from British gas, where prices can only slide down. If energy prices |
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