Lawmakers challenge Trump's $1.8 billion compensation fund (opens in new tab)

The Justice Department this week unveiled a new “anti-weaponization fund” as part of a negotiated settlement of President Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over leaked tax returns, drawing objections from Republican and Democratic lawmakers. The sources describe the fund as worth about $1.776 billion to $1.8 billion and intended to compensate people who say they “suffered weaponization and lawfare” from the federal government. The money would flow through the Treasury Department's J...