Trump Defends "Anti-Weaponization" Fund

Primary votes are still being counted in California, in races with potentially significant national impact in November. CNN's John King and Elex Michaelson have the latest vote count in the Los Angeles mayor and governor's races. Plus, with the ceasefire strained to the breaking point, Congress issues a rare bipartisan rebuke to the president on the Iran war.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, big primaries in six states, some of them central to which party controls Congress next year. Californians are voting in a massive gubernatorial primary to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom and in several House races under a new congressional map that aims to help Democrats flip as many as five Republican seats. There is also a tight contest for mayor of Los Angeles. And in Iowa, voters are picking candidates for the House, Senate and governor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, after two courts ruled against it and some Republican lawmakers all-but-mutinied over it, the DOJ is hitting pause on the president’s so-called "anti-weaponization fund.” Plus, exclusive reporting from CNN's Clarissa Ward, who gained extraordinary access to the so-called "red zone" at a hospital in Bunia, the epicenter of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, a string of legal setbacks for the president on two things he holds dear: his name on buildings, and money. Plus, CNN's Will Ripley is exclusively reporting from the scene as the first man rescued from a flooded cave in Laos sees the light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US and Iran reached a tentative agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz and start nuclear talks, according to US officials,  though President Trump has not signed off on it yet. Vice President JD Vance said “a couple of language points” are still under discussion. Plus, all the details of the president's Ultimate Fighting Championship match at the White House as part of America's 250th celebration, as well as his own 80th birthday on June 14th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Exclusive CNN reporting that the Justice Department is now investigating former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to her two civil lawsuits against the president. Plus, five out of seven people who've been stuck in a flooded Laos cave for more than a week are located alive. Now there’s the challenge of getting them out and finding the two missing people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It is primary election night in America, and the focus is on Texas where the outcome of a single Republican runoff tonight could reshape the Senate this fall. Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn faces Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The winner will advance and take on Democratic nominee James Talarico in one of the country’s highest-profile Senate races. Plus, Iran is now threatening retaliation for American strikes and Israel is deepening its action in Lebanon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The president is standing by his nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund," which even the administration admits could give money to violent January 6th offenders. Plus, more on the president's endorsement of Republican challenger Ken Paxton over the party’s incumbent Senator John Cornyn in Tuesday's Texas primary runoff. A move that some worry could backfire in November, perhaps even turning the seat and the Senate blue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Backlash is growing to President Trump's so-called "anti-weaponization" fund and a critical piece of it is coming from Republican lawmakers, one of whom today called it "stupid on stilts.” Plus, Stephen Colbert is signing off tonight after nearly 11 years as host of the CBS “Late Show.” Anderson looks back at some of their favorite conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first-known legal challenge to the president's so-called anti-weaponization fund. What many Democrats on Capitol Hill are calling a "slush fund". The challenge is being brought by two police officers who defended the Capitol on January 6th, and one of those officers, Harry Dunn, speaks to Anderson. Plus, could central Africa's Ebola outbreak travel elsewhere? Dr. Sanjay Gupta on what makes this virus spread and kill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices