Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trumps $1.776 billion anti-weaponization settlement fund
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from processing or paying any claims through a new $1. 776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president's allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government. U. S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, also barred the government from moving forward with the fund’s creation or operating it while litigation is pending to challenge it. The judge, who...
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- Russia maintains attacks on Ukraine, as Kyiv is warned to brace for a possible major barrage
- Exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe
- Knicks fans forget about the bad times and savor a record run to their first NBA Finals since 1999
- North Korea launches ballistic missile and other weapons over the sea in latest show of force
- Democrats feud over stock trading as they sharpen anti-corruption case against Trump
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- UAE accused of training Colombian mercenaries for Sudans war
- US military says it carried out self-defense strikes in Iran, including on missile launch sites
Mon, 25 May 2026
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Sun, 24 May 2026
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