Todd Blanche moves closer to confirmation after rescinding $1.8B fund

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. President Donald Trump defended the Anti-Weaponization Fund and bashed Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, for opposing his nomination of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as permanent attorney general during his Friday Cabinet meeting at Camp David. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche moved closer to Senate confirmation Sunday after formally rescinding a controversial $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" and narrowing tax protections included in President Donald Trump’s IRS settlement. A spokeswoman for Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, confirmed an agreement had been reached after Cornyn and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., held up Blanche’s nomination. The agreement could clear the way for Cornyn to support Blanche at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Tuesday. Tillis had not publicly commented on the agreement as of Sunday night. The committee is scheduled to v