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WSJ Minute Briefing

Judge Pauses $1.8 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund During Legal Challenge

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: the Trump administration wants cars to be at least 50% made in America under a trade pact with Mexico and Canada. And an armed Russian drone crashed into a residential building in Romania, injuring several people. Anthony Bansie hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:11.3

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0:26.1

Here's your midday brief for Friday, May 29th. I'm Anthony Bansy for the Wall Street Journal.

0:30.7

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily pause efforts to set up a

0:35.7

$1.8 billion fund. The order blocks the government from

0:39.5

moving money into or paying claims out of the, quote, anti-weaponization fund while a legal

0:44.7

challenge proceeds. Plaintiffs challenging the fund include a former January 6, 2021 prosecutor,

0:50.9

and a professor prosecuted after protesting an immigration rate. The judge said a hearing

0:56.0

for June 12th on the challenger's request for a longer block on the fund. We're exclusively reporting

1:01.6

that the Trump administration is expected to propose a change to the United States-Mexico-Canada

1:07.1

agreement trade deal. The change would require that half-eight cars components and

1:11.5

materials come from American sources in order to qualify for lower tariffs. That would

1:16.2

increase the amount of U.S. parts required in cars by a lot. The change was prepared ahead of

1:21.3

negotiations over how to restructure the U.S.MCA. It's up for review this year, and a U.S.

1:26.8

delegation is in Mexico this week for

1:28.8

discussions with the Mexican government. And an armed Russian drone crashed into a residential

1:34.2

building in Romania earlier today, injuring several people. Local authorities say

1:39.4

jet fighters attempted to intercept the drone after across the border from Ukraine into the NATO members' territory.

1:45.9

Romania's president said, quote, full responsibility lies with the Russian Federation.

1:50.7

NATO condemned the incident, which increased fears that Russia will attempt to spread violence beyond Ukraine.

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