A US federal judge has halted a $1.8 billion compensation fund. Critics call it a slush fund for President Donald Trump's allies. The judge blocked money transfers and payments. This is a setback for a Trump initiative. Opponents argue the fund lacks legal basis and oversight. A hearing is set for June 12.

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

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

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.

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."

L’administration Trump avait annoncé, le 18 mai, le lancement de ce fonds, dit « anti-instrumentalisation », doté de près de 1,8 milliard de dollars. Il est censé servir à…

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.

El fondo ha provocado una fuerte reacción desde que se anunció la semana pasada

Order blocks White House from ‘taking any further action’ on settlement fund until further legal arguments heard