Trump news at a glance: Senate Republicans keep president’s $1.8bn ally payout fund alive – for now

Trump's plan for an anti-weaponization' fund that could issue financial settlements to people connected to the January 6 insurrection has sparked dissent in his party - key US politics stories from Thursday 4 June at a glance

Senate Republicans on Thursday narrowly scuttled an attempt by Democrats to stop Donald Trump from creating a $1.8bn fund to pay his allies, even as signs emerged that dissent over the proposal was spreading inside the US president's own party.

Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer had proposed inserting language barring the payouts into Republican-backed legislation to fund Trump's mass deportation campaign through the duration of his term.