Donald Trump’s ‘Board Of Peace’ Fund Has Zero Dollars, But A Private Account Linked To It Is Brimming

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) lambasted President Donald Trump’s ballroom, Truth Social posts and the administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund at a fiery Atlanta rally on Sunday evening.

“He’s trying to put his face on the money, did you see that? He's building a monument to himself,” Ossoff said at the event. “But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone–because he's a failed president and a national disgrace.”

The Georgia lawmaker, who’s up for re-election this year, also emphasized how the cost of living has increased in Trump’s second term, even as the president has focused on projects like his ballroom.

Ossoff and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who is running for governor of Georgia, sought to energize voters at the event this weekend as they aim to build on Democrats’ gains in the state this fall.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

New York City Zohran Mamdani kept his campaign promise by skipping Sunday's annual Israel Day parade, sparking accusations of antisemitism from Zionist figures as American support for the country continues to wane.

Mamdani is the city's first mayor to not attend the parade in its 61-year history, saying Thursday that his views on the Israeli government are "abundantly clear" but that he will ensure there is robust security for the event to proceed "seamlessly and peacefully." He has repeatedly pledged to protect Jewish New Yorkers and combat antisemitism.

Both U.S. and Israeli politicians attended the event on Fifth Avenue, including Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Mamdani's own police commissioner Jessica Tisch.

Pro-Israel groups like the Anti-Defamation League expressed disappointment at Mamdani's decision not to attend what it described as "a Jewish celebration," while progressive and anti-Zionist groups critiqued the parade as perpetuating the antisemitic dual-loyalty trope and supporting Israel's military campaigns in several countries.

"The very claim that the mayor has offended New York's 'Jewish community,' as opposed to New York's Israeli community, exposes the entire premise of the parade," the group Voice of Rabbis said in a statement. "This is not merely a cultural celebration. It is a political statement – namely, that Jews are inherently tied to a foreign country: Israel."

The Department of Homeland Security is restoring family visitations at Delaney Hall, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility that has faced scrutiny over allegations of inhumane conditions, according to New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill (D).

The move comes after the agency suspended visitations on Memorial Day, claiming safety concerns related to demonstrations outside the facility. A DHS spokesperson said Sunday that visitations could resume now that the detention center has a secure perimeter.

Throughout the last week, protesters have gathered to condemn conditions at the facility, which has faced allegations of poor access to medical care, inedible food and abuse. DHS has denied the allegations. Detainees in the facility have also reportedly staged a hunger strike to raise awareness of these issues, which DHS has also denied.

Federal officers have been scrutinized for the violence they’ve used against protesters as part of the Delaney Hall demonstrations.

On Friday, Sherrill deployed state police for public safety operations outside the facility, replacing ICE officers who had previously conducted them, in an attempt to reduce tensions. Meanwhile, protesters on the ground have flagged concerns about state police conduct.

In the wake of recent clashes between officers and protesters, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka imposed a curfew on the area around the facility early Sunday.

Lawmakers including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), are among those who’ve sounded the alarm about the conditions at Delaney Hall and called for the facility to be shuttered.

“The medical neglect—denying people access to potentially life-saving care and withholding necessary medicine—is abhorrent,” Nadler wrote in a social media post last week.

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.), who ICE agents pepper sprayed last week, has also expressed concerns about the possibility of tensions escalating near the detention center.

Former Vice President Mike Pence firmly condemned his former boss' controversial $1.8 billion slush fund on Sunday, saying the administration should drop what he called "a bad idea from the start."

President Donald Trump's so-called anti-weaponization fund would pay those who claim they were unfairly targeted by the federal government, and the Justice Department has all but confirmed the money would help support Trump's pardoned followers who faced charges for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

"It's deeply offensive to me that you could have a fund that could even possibly compensate people who assaulted police officers or vandalized the Capitol on Jan. 6," Pence told Kristen Welker on NBC's "Meet the Press." "And I think that's broadly held by most Republicans and most Americans."

Pence's relationship with Trump was severed after the vice president at the time refused to stop Congress from certifying the election results for Joe Biden, condemning his running mate's attempted coup to stay in power. Rioters turned on Pence for his betrayal, with some even calling for the Republican to be hanged.

The fund has faced several legal roadblocks, including by two officers who helped defend the Capitol on Jan. 6. A federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from proceeding with the fund on Friday.

The wife of Senate candidate Graham Platner had flagged to his campaign last year that the Maine Democrat was exchanging sexually explicit messages with multiple women at the time – information that added to the party's worries over the critical race to unseat Republican Susan Collins, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal both reported Saturday.

Amy Gertner, who married Platner in 2023, informed senior campaign aide Genevieve McDonald of the messages out of concern it could be a liability for the political newcomer. McDonald, who resigned from Platner's campaign in October, was working for Maine congressional candidate Jordan Wood – who has endorsed Platner – until she voluntarily left on Saturday, according to Zeteo.

A spokesperson for Platner told the Times the candidate had stopped communicating with the women before his campaign launched. Gertner herself released a video on the campaign's X account Saturday saying the couple has been in counseling and that "no marriage is perfect."

Platner, an oyster farmer running as a populist for the working class, has already faced backlash for past inflammatory comments he made online about women that include downplaying rape, and making vulgar references to sex workers and masturbation. The candidate has since apologized and expressed disgust at the posts, saying he was in a dark place mentally from serving in combat.