Acting AG Todd Blanche Promises Transparency for Trump’s $1.8 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund Amid Democratic Backlash

Todd Blanche and Sen. Chris Van Hollen

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told senators Tuesday that details surrounding payments from the Trump administration’s controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” compensation fund would eventually be made public, as Democrats blasted the program as an unprecedented taxpayer-funded political slush fund. Blanche made the pledge while appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee …

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ICE Agent Charged in Jan. 14 Shooting of Venezuelan Man

Federal immigration officers on the scene where an officer shot a man Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in north Minneapolis.

Minnesota prosecutors charged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian J. Castro, 52, on Monday with assault in the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis. The ICE agent, who was identified for the first time publicly on Monday, faces four counts of second-degree assault as well as …

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Trump Administration Creates $1.776 Billion Fund for Alleged Victims of Biden ‘Weaponization’

President Trump

The Trump administration announced Monday that it is establishing a $1.776 billion compensation fund for people who claim they were targeted by the Biden administration’s Justice Department, a move critics immediately condemned as a taxpayer-funded political slush fund designed to benefit Trump allies and supporters. The announcement came shortly after …

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