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A federal judge on Friday extended a court order blocking the Trump administration from creating and operating a proposed $1.8 billion compensation fund designed to provide payments to individuals who claim they were harmed by what President Donald Trump and his allies describe as a “weaponized” federal government. U.S. District …

The Senate approved a $70 billion immigration funding package early Friday morning after Republicans overcame weeks of delays and internal divisions over a controversial Trump administration settlement fund that nearly derailed the legislation. The bill passed 52-47 shortly before 5 a.m. and would provide funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

President Donald Trump is backing away from plans for a controversial $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” after facing mounting opposition from congressional Republicans, according to people familiar with the decision. White House officials informed top Republicans on Capitol Hill of the move Monday, the sources said, signaling a potential end to …

Senate Democrats are launching a coordinated campaign to dismantle the Trump administration’s controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, escalating a political and legal battle over a program critics have labeled a taxpayer-funded reward system for President Donald Trump’s allies. In a “Dear Colleague” letter circulated Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, created as part of an unprecedented settlement involving President Donald Trump, his family and the Trump Organization. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia issued the order Friday after a former Jan. 6 …

A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday aimed at preventing federal money from being used to pay claims through the Justice Department’s controversial new “anti-weaponization” fund tied to President Donald Trump. The legislation, titled the Bipartisan Transparency for American Taxpayers Act, was introduced by Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican, …

Senate Republicans on Thursday postponed plans to vote on a major immigration enforcement funding package after growing backlash within the GOP over the Trump administration’s controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. Senate Majority Leader John Thune had hoped to move the reconciliation package through the Senate before lawmakers left Washington for …

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 …