Republicans flee Washington after flap on Trump's 'weaponization fund' and ballroom spending

WASHINGTON, May 21 - U.S. Senate Republicans abandoned plans to vote on an ICE funding bill on Thursday in an act of revolt over one of President Donald Trump's priorities: a $1.8 billion fund for victims of government \"weaponization,\" including those convicted of crimes during the riots at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Original source: Straits Times