Leila Faudel

Voters in six states picked their midterm candidates.

I'm Leila Faudel, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch told Congress the Justice Department is scrapping President Trump's anti-weaponization fund.

Not moving forward ever.

Oh.

But the part of the deal that shields Trump and his family from IRS investigations still stands.

Last night, President Trump's pick for governor of Iowa lost his race.

The loss is a blow for Trump, who has seen almost all of his chosen candidates this cycle sail to victory or advance to runoff elections.

Democratic voters chose candidates they hope give them the best shot at flipping congressional seats in November.

Yeah, that's what Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress on Tuesday.

For almost two weeks, the Trump administration has faced political blowback over the idea that it would hand out money from what it called an anti-weaponization fund.

President Trump announced Tuesday that the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte, will take on the intelligence role, too, as acting director.

Pulte will replace Tulsi Gabbard, who is stepping down at the end of the month.

The choice has already drawn sharp criticism for Pulte's lack of experience.

And I'm Leila Fadil.

Today's episode of Up First was edited by Megan Prats, Ana Yukonanov, Rebecca Metzler, Mohamed El-Bartisi, and Lindsay Toddy.

It was produced by Ziad Butch and Nia Dumas.

Our director is Christopher Thomas.

We get engineering support from Nisha Hynes.

Our technical director is Carly Strange.