WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump is dropping his $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” Axios and other outlets reported Monday. In a statement, the Justice Department said it would comply with a court’s order last week forbidding the administration from setting up the fund or making any payouts. The Monday statement didn’t address whether the fund would be withdrawn. “The Department will abide by the Court’s ruling,” the statement said.Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters he’d urged the White House to drop the fund amid opposition from Republican senators and a push by Democrats to ban the fund by law.“I do think that the best way to handle it is if the administration decides to shut it down themselves,” Thune said Monday. Asked if he’d been told the fund was dead, Thune said he hadn’t heard such an announcement from the administration.Trump created the fund last month as the result of a supposed “settlement” between the Justice Department and Trump, who’d sued his own administration demanding $10 billion in damages over a past leak of his tax information.The slush fund, an apparent fulfillment of demands by Jan. 6 rioters for restitution over their supposed mistreatment by the government, prompted an immediate backlash on Capitol Hill, with Republicans abandoning plans to pass an immigration enforcement bill. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. RelatedDonald TrumpJohn Thune