I'm not going to be an attorney and judge it's legality, but I think it's stupid on stilts.

Senate Republicans had a blow up with President Donald Trump.

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Izzy Akabawal, in for Hannah Jal.

It's Friday, May 22nd.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Senate Republicans delayed a key vote after growing frustrated with Trump's new legal payout fund.

That's number one. The president wants the Senate to pass tens of billions of dollars in additional

funding for immigration enforcement agencies by June 1st. But plans to do so have been derailed

by Republicans who have expressed concerns about Trump's new $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.

That fund was established this week to compensate people who, like Trump, claim to have

been targets of a weaponised justice system. Yesterday, Republicans peppered Acting Attorney

General Todd Blanche with questions about the payout fund during a lunch meeting. After the meeting,

Senate Republicans delayed a vote on ICE funding.

You heard from retiring Republican Senator Tom Tillis at the top of the show.

He explained the problem to Spectrum News.

It will invariably put us in a position where your taxpayer dollars and my taxpayer dollars

could potentially compensate someone who assaulted a police officer,

admitted their guilt, got convicted, got pardoned, and now we're going to pay them for that?

The decision to delay the vote caps a week in which Trump and Senate Republicans have found

themselves at odds over several issues.

But almost nothing Trump has done in his second term has drawn more opposition among Republicans

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