Former Vice President Mike Pence has publicly broken ranks with the Trump administration, demanding that it completely abandon a highly controversial $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization fund" that could potentially pay out taxpayer money to January 6 Capitol rioters.

The U.S. government will permanently abandon tax claims against President Donald Trump, according to a settlement that also resolves his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns.

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will begin laying off approximately 6,000 employees Thursday as part of the Trump administration’s effort to downsize the federal workforce, according to sources familiar with the plan.