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Trump's $1.8B Fund Sparks Capitol Showdown
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Trump and Speaker Johnson meet at the White House as Congress braces for a fiery showdown over a $1.8 billion fund designed to compensate victims of alleged government overreach — a settlement born from Trump’s own IRS lawsuit. While Trump frames it as justice for wrongly targeted Americans, including those jailed or bankrupted by bureaucratic abuse, Republicans are divided, with some demanding oversight. Democrats, led by Schumer, call it a “MAGA slush fund” and are mobilizing to block it entirely. A federal judge has paused payouts pending a hearing, but the Justice Department insists the fund is legally sound. With Senate Republicans tying immigration enforcement bills to its resolution, the issue is now central to the GOP’s legislative agenda — and the political battlefield is heating up fast.
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