The Trump administration had plans to create a nearly US$1.8 billion fund to compensate people who it says were wrongly targeted by the government in the past.

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