The fund has sparked a broad backlash since it was announced earlier this month, exposing fractures within the Republican Party.

Nearly three dozen former federal judges appointed by presidents from both parties have joined a growing legal effort to upend the Trump administration’s newly created $1.776…

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…

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

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

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

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

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…

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 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.