Judge blocks Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund (opens in new tab)

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, on Friday extended a court order blocking the Trump administration's nearly $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund and issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Justice Department from creating or operating it. The fund was designed to compensate people who say they were harmed by a weaponized government, while critics said it lacked a legal basis and could reward people prosecuted over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capito...