{"id":70130,"date":"2026-05-18T22:33:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/18\/trump-drops-irs-lawsuit-in-exchange-for-doj-1-8-billion-weaponization-fund-reuters\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:33:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:33:55","slug":"trump-drops-irs-lawsuit-in-exchange-for-doj-1-8-billion-weaponization-fund-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/18\/trump-drops-irs-lawsuit-in-exchange-for-doj-1-8-billion-weaponization-fund-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump drops IRS lawsuit in exchange for DOJ $1.8 billion &#8216;weaponization&#8217; fund &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPZ2hMYjVQVnhoY21wekFVUjdETVBoQTViZjdxTXpRR1pmREI0TkR2Q3pqaFpEQVlZdThWV3ItbmR5TGVqQVROYUtqLW51UndyOHFHblhrRFRPaFUtZEE5VnBpMjZZSmFSa3haa2trQXREN0pyTGZROVY5ZzNVdWp5X2dNNjE0TUc0WU8wemdMQkhTQjFfTWtIbzFUTmI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump drops IRS lawsuit in exchange for DOJ $1.8 billion &#8216;weaponization&#8217; fund<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTFB2UGRSakppTkRYTlJha0dLWTFVWlh1OG1KNkxJdHY4QjVieFZma0VXNUlGUkVxRW1keGxkeVF2RHp6ZjJrMGNSMjdYalVqal9jRDdDQTZ1eU94VmRCZDhva3RvMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Live Updates: DOJ Sets Up Fund That Could Pay Trump Allies After President Drops $10 Billion Suit Against IRS<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxOZ1RELU9pcVJUTzJBbzNnS3JrSzJGaVlFWVBzbzRaM0xqRDNpTXFDblY4bENOZ25Mbm9MS2Nfa1lfcTJQTS1rQXNMUTFBdGdtMnFtN19WMXRsdy11RGJkYl83OGFQZE55UUZwRUo0ajRGRUd4UkM0MkpVM2dIdWRtVW1qWFVweVg4NC03NmdDUjd1dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">What to know about Trump\u2019s $1.8 billion taxpayer-fueled fund for his allies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTFBIN25VeFVjUE5VSV9JcE96d0p5RXN2dENVZlN2QW0xbWswVnB0WU4wZkZRelc5T0pISm84eVZxeXZIcFNqMU0yUHJtR2pnMU5jWGhERGlzclRfaUM0a3NTeVdMWWVzSjBSSG9oWVRfM0ZfU3JDQnlUYzNKWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump drops IRS lawsuit, paving the way for a settlement<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxNbkZlN3BOakJIS2FjbjYweGFsME9NRFl5ZXZzaUQwQUJqMEFPNkFrdEN6UzY0cmJfYUk0TWpCSjkwY1E3b1hON1NsTHgxSURXRmhQZHBRNnlnRnNZaExKS2dmQ0hsZXN0YThwZFlNRWZOYzM1aFc1dUxFR1UwV0c1UEYtMTI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">DOJ rolls out nearly $1.8B \u2018anti-weaponization fund\u2019 as part of Trump\u2019s IRS settlement<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump drops IRS lawsuit in exchange for DOJ $1.8 billion &#8216;weaponization&#8217; fund&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters Live Updates: DOJ Sets Up Fund That Could Pay Trump Allies After President&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/18\/trump-drops-irs-lawsuit-in-exchange-for-doj-1-8-billion-weaponization-fund-reuters\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}