Trump Administration Says It Will Comply with Court Order to Pause $1.8 Billion Compensation Fund

Trump's $1.8 Billion 'Weaponization' Payout Put On Hold After Backlash

The proposal was dropped as senators returned to Washington after their Memorial Day break and faced an impasse with the president over a $72 billion bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol operations.

Trump signs proclamation amending tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper imports

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation late Monday amending certain tariffs on metals, including steel, aluminum and copper imports. The adjusted tariffs will drop from 25 per cent to 15 per cent, the White House said, and industrial equipment like bulldozers and forklifts will now be subject to a 15 per cent tariff. The order will also allow foreign companies to qualify for a 10 per cent duty rate, “if their capital equipment include…

Trump Administration Agrees to Temporarily Suspend $1.8 Billion ‘Weaponization’ Slush Fund

Days after a federal judge temporarily halted the President Donald Trump’s controversial $1.776 billion fund to send taxpayer money to “victims of lawfare and weaponization,” the administration agreed to comply with the court ruling. In a statement, the Department of Justice said that while it “disagrees strongly with the decision on the Anti-Weaponization Fund put forth by the United States District Court Judge in the Eastern District of Virg…

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DOJ stopping work on President Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund; fired North Carolina cop arrested after video shows him beating woman.

Trump administration will pause controversial anti-weaponization fund after court ruling

The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it will comply with a court ruling temporarily blocking a nearly $1.8 billion US fund meant to compensate allies of U.S. President Donald Trump, effectively agreeing to pause the plan for at least two weeks.

Judge blocks Trump’s $3.03 billion ‘slush fund’ for January 6 rioters

A United States judge has blocked the Trump administration from operating a so-called US$1.8 billion ($3.03b) “slush fund” for the President’s political...