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11 resultsfor “Trump settlement fund controversy”

Politics

Democrats force vote on Trump’s $1.8bn settlement fund in ‘vote-a-rama’

settlement fund in ‘vote-a-rama’ Republicans in the United States Senate have renewed their push to pass a controversial $70bn immigration-enforcement funding bill, a top policy priority for President Donald Trump

Al Jazeera EnglishJun 4
Politics

What’s Trump’s ‘anti-weaponisation fund’ and why are legal experts alarmed?

controversial? Some Democrats are objecting to the creation of this fund, and several legal experts have argued that using a legal settlement to create such a large compensation scheme pushes the limits of executive authority

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 21
Politics

US police officers sue Trump over $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund

controversial suit The Trump administration has so far refused to rule out paying January 6 participants from the “anti-weaponisation” fund. That pool of money was set up this week as part of a settlement

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 20
Politics

Democrats vow to challenge Trump’s $1.8bn ‘Maga slush fund’ in US Senate

controversial fund was [announced last month](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/trump-dismiss-10-billion-dollar-irs-lawsuit) as part of a settlement in this lawsuit against the IRS, an agency the president controls through his appointees. The agency did not defend itself

The Guardian WorldJun 1
Politics

Trump nominates Todd Blanche as attorney general, setting up Senate fight

controversial settlement to end a $10bn lawsuit Trump had filed against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a part of his own executive branch. Critics had denounced the lawsuit as a conflict of interest, given Trump

Al Jazeera English22h ago
Politics

The end of Trump's 'weaponisation' fund is another sign Republicans are fighting back

controversy as an unforced error by Trump in a moment when the president and his party can least afford one. "This was a total self-inflicted wound and completely unnecessary," said a former Trump adviser

BBC NewsJun 3
Politics

Justice Department says it will abide by court order pausing its 'anti-weaponization' fund

controversial $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund on hold while a legal challenge plays out in court. The Trump administration had said the fund would be available to those who alleged the federal government had been

NPR Topics: NewsJun 1
Politics

U.S. strikes Iranian military sites. And, Trump's $1.8 billion fund faces scrutiny

settlement, now says [she will review the case](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/30/nx-s1-5839989/judge-review-trump-anti-weaponization-fund). A group of 35 retired federal judges filed a motion last week saying that Trump's lawsuit against the IRS was "itself a fraud

NPR Topics: NewsJun 1
Politics

Why is Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace facing a funding shortfall?

Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner. Kushner played a role in the Abraham Accords, which saw the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan recognise Israel. He has suggested that Palestinians are incapable of self

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 20
Politics

Senate Republicans pass immigration funding after overnight vote

settlement to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit brought by President Trump against his own government over the 2019 leak of his tax records. Ithas been unpopular among congressional lawmakers, including Republicans — many of whom were

NPR Topics: NewsJun 5
Politics

Somalia needs a political settlement before it is too late

controversial process, the government unilaterally changed the constitution, passed an electoral law viewed by its opponents as self-serving, and established an election commission they reject as one-sided. Over the past four years, executive

Al Jazeera EnglishJun 2