A federal judge in Virginia on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from proceeding with the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” created by the Justice Department last week. The two-page order from Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia directed the administration not to take any steps to […]

Trump’s $1.8 billion fund has reignited scrutiny of Obama-era DOJ settlement practices and years-old Judgment Fund abuses.

The Trump administration is blocked from transferring money to the fund or giving it out to applicants, at least temporarily.

A court has temporarily suspended work on Trump’s $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for Trump allies who believe…

A federal judge in Virginia has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving ahead with plans to create a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who it says…

US President Donald Trump looks on during a press conference about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026, in…

The Trump administration has been blocked from making any payments before a judge can hear arguments in the case.

The Trump administration has been blocked from making any payments before a judge can hear arguments in the case.

The Justice Department announced the $1.7 billion fund as part of a settlement of a civil lawsuit President Trump brought against the IRS.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the…

A US federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from moving ahead with a controversial $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund”.

A judge temporarily blocked Trump's $1.8B fund to compensate people investigated by the Justice Department, which critics have called a slush fund.

Money was to be used to settle claims by people who said they had been mistreated by US department of justice

Jan. 6 prosecutor Andrew Floyd and other targets of the Trump administration had sued to block what critics had described as a “slush fund” for Trump allies.

A federal judge has ordered a temporary freeze on any payments coming from the Trump administration's "Anti-Weaponization Fund."

A judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring money in or out of the fund until the court could hear arguments in June.

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Lawsuit brought by former January 6 prosecutor and others accuses administration of illegally launching compensation fund for his allies

A federal judge issued a temporary block on the DOJ's controversial “anti-weaponization fund” pending a hearing in June.

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema barred the DOJ from transferring money to or processing claims from the fund, with a hearing set for June 12