{"id":128555,"date":"2026-07-31T19:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/07\/31\/trump-defends-anti-weaponization-fund-further-complicating-blanche-nomination-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:29:11","slug":"trump-defends-anti-weaponization-fund-further-complicating-blanche-nomination-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/07\/31\/trump-defends-anti-weaponization-fund-further-complicating-blanche-nomination-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump defends \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund, further complicating Blanche nomination &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxNUUF1aG0wajZUaTQzbDl6TlNST3VMZUhnR19LdWp6ZncyaFJCUDA4VkJTbmViTU5ndXNRSUlqaUJ3d0VJNEFUT2xua19MNnI0ZFRjLVFwdmtyVU1MSHBkZ1ZNMXFmUVRETEdPalFCMmVKc0pCYjh0R1dyNHZWYkZMMS1Hb0R0WjZ5MDNVLUZnNkU4N245YXJrWlB6bEs1dnhQcUlCRnJfTGtLUlhDM3h2Tnc4Z3ZNRVFlRHBibU84ZEgzeS0t?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump defends \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund, further complicating Blanche nomination<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxOVmlubktrZGtzeVE2SE05ck5tRkpzdTRFUS1wYW1SZ1l3LUVVQlEwdGJlQ21semJ2VmRwVm9YNllYRWNrUnZFb2MyUEFIVTVZRm80RGUyTkE0QW5WcVBMc1o0aWNxdDdoWjVOTmlDRWVGOUd5WnJPZ0p0MFNoOXZtVmpic2NwZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump&#8217;s anti-weaponization fund comments reignite Blanche confirmation fight<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxPUWdRYVFMcUFiQnU0V0xGa05ONWNzeW9XaHBIaFo1MlM2ZlF3bzNObkYydW5MOUZuaTJwV2d0Z0twcm1pT01QZGpOSTFPSFg1TjdDSy15RGZxSENid3h4M3NtMlNxbFpBTlZYa0pBal9teS1zaktXclVjOFJkVUdJTXpTRi0talhRa3BBM2hQSXBTdnA5Nlk2QUI5WGRHUVczcjZaZ1RCakk1NjRNb2RxUThheG9sa2VXMVczLVpjV0wyajRDc0tR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Administration Amps Up Pressure On Senate To Confirm Todd Blanche As Attorney General<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Time Magazine<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxPVGM4QzJZR09oM2ZfYUFxM1lKMkpldzZocHlEMDRvbUlHUHo3ZS1LN2ZWZnNobEdrWjg4OGNQcFFuckVhUnlMRWNOWGJKcDN6TjNRZ0p4YWxwaUh2aFUwZUFidkZxbGJVNkFGR1A3TWNKMjJVX3ZUbW1wNU5SaEJzR1pQNzhBS1ZveEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Blanche\u2019s Loyalty to Trump Is Putting His Attorney General Confirmation at Risk<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxORmxlakE4Z2pCMEFKODRZQXBFdUNKUTEtR3l1YU56V0dlck1nUkxrZjQyVHJCbGU3UzVvVTFXcDk4OV9FMlNSQS1sTHc3a2hKRUZLRWhkVlAyT1F2MGpIZ2pnampUdWR3MHp6aXNyUDZxd0k5VG9hb0RVNUlBem92OExqYWpfTUJZNjNmOGg1SnNWQlJrZlNvWHhGczliWGdLeF9RUkx2U3pHaHNZZ2JPMHlNbHUyQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump says anti-weaponization fund in IRS settlement is \u2018dead\u2019 even as he defends it<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump defends \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund, further complicating Blanche nomination&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News Trump&#8217;s anti-weaponization fund comments reignite Blanche confirmation fight&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios Trump Administration Amps Up Pressure On Senate To&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/07\/31\/trump-defends-anti-weaponization-fund-further-complicating-blanche-nomination-nbc-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}