Judge halts Trump’s $1.8B payout fund indefinitely

TL;DR
A U.S. district judge, Leonie M. Brinkema, indefinitely blocked the Trump administration’s proposed $1.8 billion payout fund, saying the government has not shown absolute certainty it won’t resurrect the plan, even as DOJ officials say the effort isn’t moving forward and the case remains in litigation.
- Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s $1.8 billion payout fund The Washington Post
- Judge says she doesn’t believe ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is dead; extends order blocking it CNN
- Trump Isn’t Giving Up on His Slush Fund The Atlantic
- Swear Trump's weaponization fund is dead to kill lawsuit, judge says Axios
- Trump's allies have another plan to pay 'weaponization' victims Yahoo
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