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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday issued an order providing that the $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund “is rescinded and shall have no force or effect.” The order does not alter the settlement that created the fund, which cannot be modified without President Trump’s agreement. (Order.) (WSJ.) Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, who had withheld support for Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general over the fund, said Monday that they will advance the nomination. (NYT.)
President Trump, his sons, the Trump Organization, and two of his personal attorneys on Friday appealed Judge Kathleen M. Williams’s (S.D. Fla.) July 13 sanctions order to the Eleventh Circuit and asked her to stay it pending appeal. (Notice of Appeal.) (Motion.) (Politico.) (NYT.) For background, see a previous Roundup.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Friday moved to dismiss without prejudice the felony indictment against former Olympian David Hearn for damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. (Motion to Dismiss.) (Law Dork.) Trump wrote Saturday that he “disagree[s] 100%” with Pirro. (Truth Social.) For background on the renovation, see a previous Roundup.
The New York Times reported Saturday that the Justice Department subpoenaed freelance journalist Matthew Cole in February for his testimony and more than two years of notes to identify the sources of a 2025 story on a botched Navy SEAL operation in North Korea. (NYT.) Jack Goldsmith previously examined the administration’s subpoenas of NYT reporters. (Executive Functions.)
Senate appropriators on Sunday released a continuing resolution that would fund the government until Dec. 11 and, until then, bar the Office of Management and Budget from codifying President Trump’s grantmaking executive order in the government-wide grants rules. (Bill.) (Proposed Rule.) (Politico.)
The New York Times reported that President Trump publicly announced terms Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison had not agreed to in settling his March 2025 executive order against the firm, including a pledge to “not adopt, use, or pursue any DEI policies.” Then-chairman Brad Karp wrote to partners that Trump “changed the agreement” and attributed to him “a completely false quote,” but the firm never publicly rebutted the White House. (NYT.) (Takeaways.)
Daniel Wilf-Townsend argued that the Court’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter leaves private third-party auditors as the best way to insulate AI regulation from presidential control. (Lawfare.)
Pending Interim Order Applications Involving the U.S. Government in the Supreme Court
Trump v. California: The government filed an application on July 27 requesting the Supreme Court to stay a district court injunction that blocked federal agencies from implementing certain portions of the president’s March 31 executive order entitled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections.” Justice Jackson formally set a deadline of August 3 for a response to the application.
Alabama v. California: Twelve states filed an application on July 29 requesting the Supreme Court to stay a district court injunction that blocked federal agencies from implementing certain portions of the president’s March 31 executive order entitled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections.” Justice Jackson formally set a deadline of August 3 for a response to the application.