The fund emerged from a legal settlement between Trump and the Justice Department to resolve a lawsuit in which the president sued the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion.

President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” is currently stalled, with some allies urging the White House to scrap it altogether amid an unusually…

The case by Trump against the Internal Revenue Service had resulted in a settlement which provided for a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund". While the stated purpose of the…

The Trump administration is reportedly giving up on the $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”

Trump's political payout scheme upset Republicans on Capitol Hill.

President Donald Trump has pulled the plug on his anti-weaponization fund after blowback from congressional Republicans.

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The fund has sparked concern that people who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 could receive taxpayer-funded payouts.

The fund emerged from a legal settlement between Trump and the Justice Department to resolve a lawsuit in which the president sued the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion.

The Justice Department said it would abide by a court order pausing the creation of the nearly $1.8 billion fund.

The DOJ said it would abide by a court ruling pausing the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, but that ruling doesn’t concern the other part of Trump’s settlement.

President Trump's proposed $1.8 billion fund for alleged government "weaponization" victims has been halted. Republican lawmakers in Congress strongly opposed the plan. This move…

A federal judge has temporarily halted the creation of US President Donald Trump's proposed US$1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.

The Justice Department said it will abide by a federal court order pausing the fund, which also faced fierce Republican opposition in the Senate