The Justice Department said Monday it will comply with a court order pausing the Trump administration's $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund while legal challenges continue.
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia temporarily blocked the fund last week after a lawsuit by Democracy Forward and others. The order prevents any money from being transferred or distributed until the court decides whether to make the pause permanent at a hearing scheduled for June 12.
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Senate Republicans defeated a Democratic amendment on Thursday that sought to permanently prohibit the Justice Department from creating its proposed $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund. The measure failed 49-50 after hours of debate. Three Republican senators joined Democrats in supporting it.
President Trump has dismissed his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. The move paves the way for a $1.776 billion settlement fund aimed at compensating those who claim government overreach. Critics in Congress and ethics groups have raised concerns over the arrangement.
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The Trump administration has settled a lawsuit with the president and established a $1.776 billion fund to compensate victims of what it calls lawfare and weaponization of government.
A federal judge has ordered construction of President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom to stop unless Congress authorizes the project, while allowing limited work to continue to address safety and security at the site. The decision comes as new reporting has highlighted plans tied to the underground Presidential Emergency Operations Center beneath the East Wing area.
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The Trump administration has dropped its appeal in Rhode Island v. Trump, upholding a federal judge's order to halt the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Judge John J. McConnell issued a permanent injunction in November, requiring the restoration of grant funding after the agency lost more than half its staff. The decision preserves operations for the federal agency supporting public libraries and museums.
A federal judge in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction on March 27, 2026, blocking the Trump administration's designation of AI company Anthropic as a military supply chain risk—a label applied three weeks earlier amid disputes over the firm's limits on its Claude AI models for military uses like autonomous weapons.
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The U.S. government will permanently drop tax claims against President Trump, his sons and the Trump Organization as part of a settlement over a lawsuit alleging leaks of his tax returns.