Republicans are increasingly breaking with US President Donald Trump.
GOP senators refused to vote on funding for immigration enforcement after Trump proposed a $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” designed to compensate those ostensibly politically targeted by the Justice Department.
The party’s leaders in the House of Representatives also blocked a vote on forcing Trump to seek approval for the Iran war after it became clear that they lacked the votes to defeat it, again thanks to a rebellion.
Trump’s standing with GOP legislators is at its lowest point of his second term, Semafor’s US politics team reported: One senator called the AWF a “slush fund,” while others were angered by the president undermining a well-liked lawmaker in a recent primary.