Senate Republicans Break With President Trump Over $1.8 Billion Fund

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🗓️ 21 May 2026

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P.M. Edition for May 21. The Senate’s at an impasse after a majority of Senate Republicans collide with President Trump over plans for an “anti-weaponization fund.” WSJ national political reporter Ken Thomas discusses what that means for President Trump’s agenda ahead of the midterms. Plus, a day after officially kicking off its IPO process, tonight SpaceX plans to launch a new version of its Starship rocket. We hear from Journal space reporter Micah Maidenberg about why Starship is so critical to the future of SpaceX’s business. And dividend investors were making gains and many years even beat the wider S&P 500… until about three years ago, when things went south. WSJ senior markets columnist James Mackintosh dug into the data to understand why. (Hint: the AI boom.) Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think the potential of Agenic is to rethink how work gets done overall.
0:05.0	It challenges all sorts of traditional orthodoxies around how organizations execute the work at hand.
0:11.3	That's Jason Gersatus, CEO of Deloitte U.S., talking about the transformational potential of A.Gentic AI.
0:17.9	Join him later to learn why agents are a game changer for businesses across industries.
0:26.6	SpaceX officially filed for an IPO yesterday, and tonight it has a test flight for a new version of its
0:32.9	Starship rocket that's central to its future business. The company really needs it to start blasting off, upgraded Starlink satellites, and to start
0:43.3	flying orbital data centers that it could use for its artificial intelligence ambitions.
0:50.2	None of that is possible without starship.
0:52.5	Plus, Senate Republicans are pushing back against President Trump over his $1.8 billion,
0:57.7	quote, anti-weaponization fund.
0:59.7	Are you losing control on the Senate, the Republican?
1:02.2	I don't know.
1:03.2	I really don't know.
1:04.2	I can tell you.
1:05.2	I only do what's right.
1:06.2	And a French court finds Air France and Airbus guilty in a plane crash that killed
1:10.3	more than 200 people,
1:12.0	the country's worst-ever aviation disaster.
1:14.8	It's Thursday, May 21st.
1:16.8	I'm Alex O'SLev for the Wall Street Journal.
1:18.7	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
1:35.4	President Trump and the GOP-controlled Senate are on a collision course.
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