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A giant portrait of President Donald Trump looks down from the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. The Justice Department said it would comply with a court order pausing the implementation of a $1.776 billion settlement fund designed to compensate President Donald Trump's political allies after GOP senators revolted. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Appeals court won’t block sanctions against Trump’s lawyers over weaponization fund

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, stands with then-defense attorney Todd Blanche, May 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, Pool, file)

Trump says he will ‘push hard’ for Anti-Weaponization Fund if GOP senators block Blanche nomination

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens during a cabinet meeting, Friday, July 31, 2026, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says anti-weaponization fund in IRS settlement is ‘dead’ even as he defends it

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Seung Min Kim and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, listens as reporters ask questions during his meeting with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Trump reverses threat on Blanche, attacks Sen. Cornyn, defends Anti-Weaponization Fund

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund has become a roadblock for his attorney general nominee

By Stephen Dinan and Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

The Anti-Weaponization Fund was billed as a remedy for years of government overreach. But as George Gerbo reports, the Trump DOJ's plan collapsed under pressure from federal courts, skeptical Republican senators and questions about who would really benefit.

The Anti-Weaponization Fund: Trump’s $1.776 billion plan may be down — but is it out?

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Judge extends block on Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Joint Base Andrews, Md., to Eau Claire, Wis., Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump expresses support to funding Anti-Weaponization Fund but not committed to reviving it

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before the House Appropriations Committee, Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general

By Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to a reporter outside the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

Acting attorney general says $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund is permanently dead

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence hands the electoral certificate from the state of Arizona to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., as he presides over a joint session of Congress as it convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in November's election, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP, File)

Former Vice President Mike Pence calls Anti-Weaponization Fund ‘deeply offensive’

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

This Friday, March 22, 2019, fie photo shows the Department of Justice Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Judge temporarily halts payout from Trump administration’s Anti-Weaponization Fund

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. A New York man has pleaded guilty to charges that he snatched away a police officer’s can of pepper spray during a chaotic clash with officers guarding the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. Authorities on Friday, May 24, 2024 said Troy Weeks was among a group that tried to overwhelm officers who were blocking an entryway to the building as supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol grounds in protest of Trump’s election loss.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Republicans eye legislative action to dismantle $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate GOP delays vote on filibuster-proof funding bill amid backlash over Anti-Weaponization Fund

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters during a during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Vance pushes back on fund criticism: It’s to compensate those hurt by Biden’s ‘lawfare’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Former President Barack Obama speaks at the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum in Chicago, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Trump’s $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund echoes Obama’s tactics that sent billions to left-wing allies

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, from left, walking with his sister Valerie Biden Owens and his son Hunter Biden, shows off his Team USA jacket as he walks toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 26, 2024, en route to Camp David for the weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Hunter Biden can apply for new weaponization money — but Trump can’t

By Stephen Dinan and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times