Israel Pushes Deeper Into Lebanon, Immigration Bill Stalled, Anti-Weaponization Fund
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🗓️ 1 June 2026
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Congress returns from its Memorial Day break facing a stalled immigration funding bill that has become tangled up with President Trump’s push for an anti-weaponization fund and possible payments to January 6 defendants.
And the Trump administration’s anti-weaponization fund is facing new legal hurdles after one judge temporarily blocked it and another judge raised questions about the settlement that created the nearly $1.8 billion settlement fund.
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(05:37) Immigration Bill Stalled
(08:58) Anti-weaponization Fund
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| 0:00.0 | Israeli forces captured a medieval castle, their deepest incursion into Lebanon in 26 years. |
| 0:09.1 | Iran says any deal to end the war must include Lebanon, where Israel is ramping up its military operation. |
| 0:14.4 | So where does this leave the talks? |
| 0:15.9 | I'm Stevenson, with A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:22.2 | Congress is back in Washington facing a jammed up immigration bill. |
| 0:26.7 | The president's anti-weaponization program that could pay January 6 defendants is holding |
| 0:32.5 | everything up, and Trump keeps making enemies of Republicans he needs. |
| 0:37.0 | The anti-weaponization fund is also getting scrutiny in the court. |
| 0:40.4 | One judge temporarily blocked any payouts, and another is asking President Trump's personal |
| 0:44.7 | lawyers to defend the settlement that created the fund in the first place. |
| 0:48.2 | Stay with us. |
| 0:48.6 | We've got all the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:01.5 | At the official level, there are ceasefires in both the Iran War and the Lebanon war, yet we have reports this morning of fighting on both fronts. |
| 1:04.7 | The United States and Iran have been trading long-distance fire. Israel is expanding ground |
| 1:09.8 | operations in southern Lebanon, and Israeli troops have |
| 1:12.5 | captured a medieval castle. For more on this, we're joined by NPR's Greg MIR's Greig |
| 1:16.6 | in Tel Aviv. Greg, let's start off with the fighting in Iran. Yeah, the U.S. military says |
| 1:22.5 | American aircraft fired on a number of Iranian sites over the weekend. Now, they include a radar station, |
| 1:29.1 | some drones, and a command center for drones, and this included an attack on Keshem Island |
| 1:34.4 | in the Strait of Hormuz. Now, the U.S. says it acted because Iran had earlier shot down a U.S. |
| 1:41.3 | Predator drone. The U.S. military says this U.S. drone was flying over international waters. |
| 1:47.7 | And just this morning, Iran says it's fired on a U.S. military base in the region. |
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