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Senate GOP erupts over Trump DOJ ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, punts ICE, Border Patrol funding
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Senate Republicans are pressing pause on their push to fund immigration enforcement after a tense, closed-door meeting.
But it’s not over internal divisions. This time, the fury is directed toward the Trump administration and the surprise «anti-weaponization» fund created by the Department of Justice (DOJ). It comes as Republicans were near the finish line for their $72 billion package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol.
For now, Republicans are calling it a day and leaving Washington, D.C.
«We will pick up where we left off,» Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said.
REPUBLICANS RECOIL AS TRUMP’S BILLION-DOLLAR DOJ ‘SLUSH FUND’ FOR ALLIES THREATENS ICE, BORDER PATROL PLAN
Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate GOP leaders are pushing forward with budget reconciliation to fund the final piece of government that had been shut down by Senate Democrats’ opposition to President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu)
That makes President Donald Trump’s June 1 deadline effectively impossible to meet, but Republicans contend that it’s the administration’s actions that have further complicated an already rocky process.
«The message to the administration is this: we were on a glide path to passing this bill until these announcements,» a top Republican aide told Fox News Digital.
The timing of the settlement between Trump and his family and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the subsequent creation of the fund derailed Republicans’ sprint to the finish line.
«We don’t know where the votes are on reconciliation right now,» Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., said.
SENATE REPUBLICAN THREATENS TO DERAIL ICE, BORDER PATROL PACKAGE OVER TRUMP’S BILLION-DOLLAR REQUEST
The White House referred Fox News Digital to Trump’s comments Thursday when asked if he would be amenable to no ballroom security funding and restrictions on the DOJ’s nearly $1.8 billion fund, or veto the package outright.
«I don’t need money from the ballroom,» Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, and touted that the actual construction was being done through private funding.
«But this is being made as a gift from me and other people that are great patriots that spent a lot of money,» he continued. «We’re building what will be the finest ballroom anywhere in the world. If they want to spend money on securing the White House, I think it would be very — very much a good expenditure. But the ballroom is being built.»
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was dispatched to the Hill Thursday morning to tamp down lawmakers’ concerns over the «anti-weaponization» fund, which several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have dubbed a «slush fund.» But instead, he was berated behind closed doors.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department told Fox News Digital that Blanche had a «healthy discussion on the settlement.»
«He made clear that the Anti-Weaponization Fund announced Monday has nothing to do with reconciliation. Indeed, not a single dime from the money the president is seeking in reconciliation would go toward anything having to do with the fund,» the spokesperson said. «We will continue to work with the Senate to get critical reconciliation funds approved.»
TRUMP DEMANDS SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN’S OUSTER FOR AXING BALLROOM SECURITY FUNDING
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was dispatched to the Hill Thursday morning to tamp down lawmakers’ concerns over the «anti-weaponization» fund. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Sources told Fox News Digital that over two dozen Republicans demanded answers from Blanche on what kind of guardrails could be put into the fund, and specifically if those convicted for assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riots could be excluded.
Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., erupted at Blanche, and Thune was uncharacteristically frustrated by the situation.
Several Republicans leaving the meeting had little to say about what happened inside, while others reiterated that they were focused on funding ICE and Border Patrol and nothing else.
Those concerns were validated with several people who were pardoned by Trump earlier this year, including former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who declared that he would make a claim this week.
There have been discussions of including those guardrails into the reconciliation package, given that the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees the DOJ, is a major part of the process.
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«I did raise that issue, and that seemed to be what [Blanche] was saying, but you know, we haven’t seen language,» Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said.
Further complicating matters are plans Senate Democrats had for the package with their flurry of amendment votes.
Sources told Fox News Digital that one of the first amendments in the pipeline would have prevented any of the DOJ’s funds from going to convicted rapists and forced the package to be sent back to committee, sending the GOP back to square one on a politically perilous vote.
«This was all 100% avoidable,» a senior Republican aide told Fox News Digital.
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Investigación a Rodríguez Zapatero: la relación del ex presidente con la Venezuela chavista, en la mira de la Justicia española
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Cómo es el robot portátil que le devolvió la fuerza a niños con atrofia muscular espinal
La atrofia muscular espinal tipo II, conocida como AME II, es una enfermedad genética que ataca a los niños desde muy pequeños. El gen SMN1 deja de funcionar bien y las neuronas que controlan los músculos mueren poco a poco.
El resultado es una debilidad que avanza sin pausa: las piernas pierden fuerza, levantarse de una silla se vuelve imposible y muchos terminan dependiendo de una silla de ruedas. Los medicamentos actuales solo frenan el avance, pero no devuelven lo perdido.
Frente a esa situación, investigadores de la Universidad de Beihang y el Tercer Hospital de la Universidad de Pekín, en China, y del Laboratorio de Medios del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT), en Cambridge, Estados Unidos probaron un camino distinto.
Diseñaron un robot portátil de entrenamiento isocinético para niños y niñas con AME II. El entrenamiento es un tipo de ejercicio en el que la máquina ajusta la resistencia para mantener el movimiento siempre a la misma velocidad. Los resultados se publicaron en la revista Nature.
La AME II no impide sentarse, pero sí caminar o levantarse solo. El problema está en la falta de la proteína que produce el gen SMN1, lo que provoca que las neuronas motoras se deterioren y los músculos pierdan masa y potencia.
Con el tiempo, el cuerpo hace cada vez menos. “Actualmente, los medicamentos solo ralentizan la progresión de la enfermedad, y ninguna terapia puede curar completamente la atrofia muscular espinal”, afirmaron los investigadores.
Los equipos de rehabilitación pueden ser costosos y difíciles de usar fuera de las clínicas especializadas. Eso deja a muchas familias sin opciones reales de tratamiento.
Frente a esa falta de opciones, los investigadores diseñaron un robot que pesa menos de un kilo y se fija sobre la pierna para hacer extensiones de rodilla con resistencia ajustada a cada participante. Es portátil, fácil de usar en casa y no requiere personal médico presente.
Seis niños y niñas de entre 6 y 10 años participaron en el programa, dividido en cuatro etapas. La primera fue una fase sin intervención de seis semanas para medir el estado de base de cada uno.
Ninguno mejoró durante ese período con su fisioterapia habitual, lo que confirmó que el tratamiento convencional no alcanzaba. Luego llegó la etapa central: seis semanas de entrenamiento intensivo con treinta sesiones en casa, siempre con supervisión familiar.
Una aplicación móvil convertía cada sesión en un juego donde el niño o niña pateaba una pelota virtual cuya distancia dependía de la fuerza aplicada. El robot medía en tiempo real la fuerza, el ángulo y la velocidad, y ajustaba la dificultad según el avance de cada participante.
Tras esa etapa, el programa continuó con seis semanas de ejercicios de menor intensidad y, finalmente, más de treinta días sin el robot para ver si los logros se sostenían.
Para medir el efecto real, los investigadores usaron resonancia magnética y ultrasonido para analizar el cuádriceps, el músculo del frente del muslo que es clave para ponerse de pie.
Los resultados mostraron un aumento del 130% en la fuerza máxima y una mejora del 51% en el rango de movimiento, es decir, cuánto puede moverse la articulación.
El volumen del cuádriceps creció un 19% y su sección transversal un 12%, cambios verificados con imágenes de resonancia magnética.
Lo más alentador fue que los avances no desaparecieron al dejar el robot. Los participantes mantuvieron las mejoras al volver a su fisioterapia habitual, lo que sugiere que el entrenamiento isocinético dejó una huella real en los músculos y en el sistema nervioso.
Los investigadores reconocieron que la muestra fue pequeña, algo habitual en enfermedades poco frecuentes. Recomendaron estudios más amplios y aleatorizados, y sugirieron probar la tecnología en otras enfermedades neuromusculares para explorar su alcance.
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RNC legal victory clears North Carolina voter roll purge of noncitiznes through jury responses
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The state of North Carolina now must remove noncitizens excused from jury duty from voter rolls, Fox News Digital has learned Thursday.
The Republican National Committee and North Carolina Republican Party say they secured a consent judgment requiring the North Carolina State Board of Elections to use jury-duty records to identify registered voters who have acknowledged they are not U.S. citizens.
Those noncitizens will have to be removed from voter rolls, a significant legal victory in forcing a state to purge its voter rolls amid strong Democrat opposition.
«This agreement is a major win for election integrity in North Carolina,» RNC Chairman Joe Gruters told Fox News Digital in a statement. «It’s straightforward: if someone admits they’re not a U.S. citizen during jury duty, that information should be used to check the voter rolls and remove anyone who doesn’t belong.»
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Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters is claiming victory over Democrat efforts to block efforts to kick noncitizens skipping out of North Carolina jury duty from the state’s voter rolls. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP)
The agreement was accepted by Superior Court Judge Jennifer Bedford after an 19-minute online hearing Wednesday.
«This type of information, I think the General Assembly has made somewhat clear, should not fall on deaf ears,» Bedford said, The Carolina Journal reported, adding that information submitted to the court system should also be recognized by other agencies.
The agreement sets a schedule through 2028 for clerks to send the information to the elections board. Within 30 days of receiving it, the board must review voter-registration and citizenship status, send county elections boards reports on any registered voters identified, and refer cases to the State Bureau of Investigation and district attorneys if a person appears to have voted before becoming a U.S. citizen.
DEMOCRATS CELEBRATE AS 73,000 NORTH CAROLINA VOTERS WITHOUT PROPER ID STAY ON ROLLS
Two groups represented by the Elias Law Group, North Carolina Asian Americans Together and El Pueblo, objected to part of the deal requiring the list of people who claimed noncitizenship for jury-duty purposes to be posted on the state elections board’s FTP website.
Their attorney argued that publishing the information online could raise privacy concerns and have a chilling effect, even if the records are public under state law.
The agreement stems from a lawsuit the GOP groups filed in 2024, accusing the state board of failing to comply with a North Carolina law requiring clerks of court to report people who seek to be excused from jury service by saying they are not citizens.
TRUMP ELECTION INTEGRITY PUSH EXPOSES MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DEAD PEOPLE ON NORTH CAROLINA VOTER ROLLS
Under state law, noncitizens are barred from voting in state elections and from serving on juries, but that has not stopped then-Gov. Roy Cooper from vetoing a bill in 2019 that would remove illegal immigrants from voter rolls.
The consent judgment, if approved by the court, would require the state’s elections board to review information received from county clerks, determine whether those individuals appear on the voter rolls and begin removal procedures for anyone found to be ineligible.
The RNC said it filed a public-records request in 2024 seeking to determine whether the board was complying with the law but did not receive a response.
‘ESSENTIAL TO OUR NATION’S SOVEREIGNTY’: NONCITIZEN VOTER CRACKDOWN LED BY GOP AHEAD OF 2026 MIDTERMS
The RNC and the state GOP later sued, and the board agreed to use the jury-duty information as part of voter-roll maintenance, according to the RNC.
A majority of North Carolina — 83% of Republicans, 59% of Independents and 52% of Democrats – support states removing noncitizens from voter registration rolls, according to Heritage Action polling.
The case is part of a broader Republican legal push focused on voter eligibility and citizenship requirements.
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The RNC is involved in litigation defending President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring documentary proof of citizenship, and has also asked the Supreme Court to take up a case involving Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship law.
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