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The Justice Department says it will abide by a federal court order that puts funds for the Trump administration's nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization program on hold. The administration says the fund would compensate people who allege they were targeted by the federal government. The fund has faced bipartisan backlash and concerns that it would be used to pay people convicted for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

🎧 NPR's Elena Moore tells Up First that the issue has elicited rare Republican pushback. Even after the DOJ stated it would abide by the court order, some Senate Republicans continued to push for the White House to end the fund. Moore says it has become a distraction as Republicans focus on the upcoming midterms.

Six states — California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota and New Mexico — hold primaries today. California and Iowa are drawing particular attention, with competitive gubernatorial primaries in each state. In California, the top two candidates will advance, regardless of party. In both states, the Democratic Party sees a potential road map to control of Congress in the fall. Here are the key races to watch.

🎧 In November, California voters approved new district lines designed to weaken and potentially oust five current Republican House members. Scott Shafer of the NPR network station KQED says three of the five seats will be fairly easy to flip, but Democrats face tough fights in the races for the other two seats.

President Trump said he secured pledges from Israel and Hezbollah to pause fighting after Iran said it would suspend peace talks with the U.S. over Israel's offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran's announcement came after Israel's military warned residents in southern Beirut to leave ahead of planned airstrikes.

🎧 Trump and Netanyahu launched the war in Iran together, but NPR's Aya Batrawy says it's increasingly clear that they're at odds on how to get out of it. Both men are facing elections in their countries this year. The war isn't popular in the U.S., but it has broad support in Israel. Hezbollah says it wants a complete end to the war and a full Israeli withdrawal, though Lebanon's embassy in Washington says the group has accepted the partial ceasefire for now.