The anti-weaponization fund set up by the Department of Justice has been temporarily blocked by a separate federal judge.

Thirty-five former federal judges asked a court to investigate whether Trump's settlement with the IRS was an act of fraud against the court.

Reopening the Trump-IRS case "will allow the Court to commence an inquiry into whether the Court was deceived," the ex-judges wrote.

A group of 35 former federal judges asked a court to reopen a legal dispute between President Trump and the government, calling the deal to create a $1.776 billion…

President Donald Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion but successfully moved to dismiss the case for an approximate $1.8 billion payout.

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 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”.

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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

The nearly $1.8bn fund stemmed from a recent IRS settlement with Donald Trump over his leaked tax records.

A judge blocked the DOJ's $1.8 billion fund it created to compensate those who said they were unfairly investigated by previous presidents.

The billion-dollar "anti-weaponization" fund was meant to compensate people who Trump sees as victims of so-called "lawfare" by Joe Biden's administration.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's $1.8 billion fund linked to the so-called 'anti-weaponization'. Nbc News reports that the order was issued by…

The temporary order halts any payments from the controversial fund.