司法省は月曜日、トランプ政権が設立した17億7600万ドル規模の武器化対策基金について、法的異議申し立てが続く間、同基金を停止せよとの裁判所の命令に従う方針を明らかにした。
バージニア州東部地区連邦地方裁判所の判事は先週、民主主義推進団体「デモクラシー・フォワード」などによる提訴を受け、同基金を一時的に差し止める命令を出した。この命令により、6月12日に予定されている審問で差し止めを恒久化するかどうかの判断が下されるまで、資金の移転や分配は一切行われないことになる。
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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.