Primary Results, DOJ Scraps Anti-Weaponization Fund, Trump Appoints Acting DNI

Primary Results, DOJ Scraps Anti-Weaponization Fund, Trump Appoints Acting DNI

From Up First from NPR by NPR

June 3, 2026 · 13 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the Iowa primary results, the DOJ's decision to scrap the anti-weaponization fund, and Trump's appointment of an acting DNI.

Republican voters in Iowa rejected President Trump's pick for governor in last night's primary, a rare moment of pushback as voters in six states set up key November matchups including House races that could decide control of Congress. The Justice Department is scrapping President Trump's nearly $1.8 billion dollar anti-weaponization fund after sustained bipartisan backlash, though the DOJ says part of the IRS settlement shielding Trump and his family from past tax investigations still stands. And President Trump has named Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence despite his complete lack of intelligence experience, drawing skepticism even from Senate Republicans. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Megan Pratz, Anna Yukhananov, Rebekah Metzler, Mohamad ElBardicy and Lindsay Totty. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas. Our director is Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange. And our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin. (0:00)…

Topics covered

  • primary results
  • DOJ
  • Trump
  • politics
  • elections
  • Congress

Keywords

  • Trump
  • Iowa
  • DOJ
  • primary results
  • Bill Pulte
  • elections
  • Congress

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Justice Department, Federal Housing Finance Agency

Places: Iowa

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