Hill Republicans are cautiously optimistic that the White House will walk back Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. Speaker Mike Johnson told the president in a meeting today that the effort was doomed—too many Republicans in both chambers were likely to vote against it. While Johnson isn’t necessarily beloved by all in his conference, he’s one of the few people the president trusts to tell him what Congress can (and can’t) do. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, meanwhile, was not part of the talks, though he also believes the fund should be dropped. If Trump does abandon it, as House G.O.P. leadership expects, it could unlock a stalled party-line reconciliation bill to fund ICE and Customs and Border Protection for three years. (The bill is currently stuck in the Senate because of G.O.P. anger over the slush fund.)