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Trump administration plans to drop DOJ's $1.8B 'lawfare' fund, reports say

President Trump spoke with CNBC's Eamon Javers about the latest with the Iran war in an interview Monday.

Opposition to the $1.8 billion Justice Department fund, which critics call a "slush fund," helped grind Senate floor action to a halt last month.

The report in Iranian state media homes in on Israel's military operations in Lebanon against the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah.

The latest attacks further undermine what remains of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire, and will likely add strain to ongoing efforts to reach a deal that will end the war.

Trump's Truth Social post comes as air strikes between the U.S. and Iran resumed over the weekend.

Trump threatened further military action if negotiations break down and the U.S. does not receive the concessions from Iran it desires.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is scheduled to be interviewed about his relationship to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in June.

Koizumi said that Japan engaging in "neo-militarism" was "nothing further from the truth."

The DOJ is suing Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger over his refusal to give the department election records.