DOJ Pauses Anti-Weaponization Fund, Iran Deal Complications, California Primary
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
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Summary
The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is barely holding as Israel keeps expanding its war in Lebanon, with Gulf states watching nervously as President Trump's diplomatic push faces its biggest test yet.
And it's primary day in six states including California, where Democrats hope new congressional maps will help them flip up to five Republican-held House seats and the Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi's seat is up for grabs.
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(0:00) Introduction
(02:11) DOJ Pauses Anti-Weaponization Fund
(05:52) Iran Deal Complications
(09:40) California Primary
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| 0:00.0 | A. |
| 0:00.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:01.6 | My script says you're in your feelings. |
| 0:04.1 | Because I am. |
| 0:05.5 | 24-7. |
| 0:06.1 | It says that I'm in Washington, D.C. and you're in your feelings. |
| 0:09.9 | That's my resting face in my feelings. |
| 0:15.1 | The Justice Department says it will abide by a court order that temporarily blocks President Trump's anti-weaponization |
| 0:22.2 | fund. Some Senate Republicans want the White House to end it for good. I'm Leila Fald. That's A. |
| 0:27.9 | Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. Iran said it was done negotiating if Israel didn't |
| 0:37.2 | stop attacking Lebanon. Trump says he called |
| 0:39.6 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and told him to hold off on plans to strike the capital. |
| 0:43.9 | Are the U.S. and Israel's interests in the Middle East diverging? |
| 0:47.0 | At its primary day in six states, including California, where Democrats hope a new congressional |
| 0:51.2 | map will help them flip up to five Republican held seats. |
| 0:54.8 | Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's retiring in her House seat is also a grab. |
| 0:59.1 | Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:15.1 | The Trump administration says it will not violate a court order. |
| 1:22.8 | The order is about the president's $1.8 billion pool of money to pay people who claim that past administrations targeted them. |
| 1:26.8 | Democrats and Republicans in Congress have opposed the funds since it was announced. A judge temporarily blocked the administration from creating it last week. And Monday, the Justice |
| 1:32.1 | Department said it would, quote, abide by that temporary ruling. Here to make sense of all this is |
| 1:37.2 | NPR political reporter Elena Moore. So Elena, a lot of back and forth on this. Chop it up for |
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