{"id":128708,"date":"2026-07-31T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/07\/31\/trump-says-anti-weaponization-fund-in-irs-settlement-is-dead-even-as-he-defends-it-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T22:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:54:00","slug":"trump-says-anti-weaponization-fund-in-irs-settlement-is-dead-even-as-he-defends-it-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/07\/31\/trump-says-anti-weaponization-fund-in-irs-settlement-is-dead-even-as-he-defends-it-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says anti-weaponization fund in IRS settlement is \u2018dead\u2019 even as he defends it &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQZjhDekRaS3pGN29rOF91b1U4d2cxUmVlcUtaUFZHbXlldnp5VkdtR0dnVXhYc01MenQ1RGg3azdoV0REbk1nbGRFcTBkNmt5XzhocVN4LWVuY1NXaWJVbzdxYTBQVl9KYVh6QzhhX1ZRTkZGRnh5eHRleHVIUlpGLXhpcWs2UzNOdE5OckUzZks4dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Escalates Feud With Senate Over Blanche<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxPQnVXYjc1N1BUR3I4Mmt2X0ctRWppZEVxc183M1Q5M1M1SnVRTnZJX01tamNWSzF5eTM0ek51T0ZiZFdkUXJwc0Y2dWVhRHpzWlFGQ19JYkVvTncyUkVMeW5QNW5vOXJTNG5ObkdGV0R0U1hmWlFKeF9KemtDVjlDRzlQNHZPOXYyWURfZWQ5Z1cwcDlSY1Y5ZWVqM2lIaVVSNEhMelpvWkRrb0I2LXpaZ091UUN1ZUM3M3IwTUZTZF9jOFBBVjNUSFhJT1M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Why senators fear Trump\u2019s DOJ payout fund isn\u2019t dead, despite Blanche\u2019s promises<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxOMFhMZmhmMVhhZUp0WjYtX01YR3FjbUpZeW52R0FGMVFtMmtnR3JFd0lWOWRZTHFKX1hsa3VBNmxzSmRtMi0zcFlzVXJtSW9lemVKYmo5eTNUVmEzQVhuMC1DaWdjYmxtRVp6QVktQmlLU0pjVm5QNVNUR3JyOHhQWmZrU29TRFgxem5fek0yY09yQ0ZGeUNLaVpn0gGfAUFVX3lxTFB5M2NTUVI4VWF1SlBrX192cHF5SVBzcTdjaUZYVVljakROc3p5RlNQbFVjM0h3N3N6dXlwYk94Qlh5bTJTX0c1dFpNbkJXOU56QXk0RGFaX2lmc3lva0xKYlB2dmtsbmJWTkNTQUZtZkp2RkJSeUpXZ3FZaVczbFVydHVjQ1R0ai1Ic3JUUUtTVzRtcUZaNDh4YkZueG04QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Fetterman: Trump has \u2018zero leverage\u2019 over lame-duck GOP senators<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxOVmlubktrZGtzeVE2SE05ck5tRkpzdTRFUS1wYW1SZ1l3LUVVQlEwdGJlQ21semJ2VmRwVm9YNllYRWNrUnZFb2MyUEFIVTVZRm80RGUyTkE0QW5WcVBMc1o0aWNxdDdoWjVOTmlDRWVGOUd5WnJPZ0p0MFNoOXZtVmpic2NwZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump&#8217;s comments reignite Blanche confirmation fight<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says anti-weaponization fund in IRS settlement is \u2018dead\u2019 even as he defends it&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News Trump Escalates Feud With Senate Over Blanche&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/07\/31\/trump-says-anti-weaponization-fund-in-irs-settlement-is-dead-even-as-he-defends-it-ap-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-128708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128708","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=128708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}