Justice Department announces nearly $1.8B fund to compensate Trump allies in a deal to drop IRS suit | Flipboard

Flipboard · May 18, 2026 · 361 words · By Associated Press; ERIC TUCKER; ALANNA DURKIN RICHER

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Justice Department announces nearly $1.8B fund to compensate Trump allies in a deal to drop IRS suit WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Monday the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who…

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Claim 1: “Justice Department announces nearly $1.8B fund to compensate Trump allies in a deal to drop IRS suit”

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Multiple independent sources (Politico, Flipboard, and other web search results) confirm the creation of a $1.776 billion (nearly $1.8B) 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' by the Justice Department as part of a settlement to drop a lawsuit against the IRS.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration announced on Monday the creation of a $1.8 billion fund to compensate those who claim they were targeted by the Biden Justice Department and Democrats, forging a pipeline to f…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/politics/trump-irs-law…

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web search NEUTRAL — Under the deal announced Monday, the Justice Department is setting up a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to pay claims to people acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called “victims of lawfare…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/18/trump-irs-lawsuit-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump settled his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS on Monday in exchange for a $1.776 billion fund to compensate those who claim they were targets of government "weaponization."
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/18/trump-irs-lawsuit-dropped

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Claim 2: “A California jury handed OpenAI a win on Monday after it said SpaceX CEO Elon Musk waited too long to sue the artificial intelligence [company]”

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Three independent web search results confirm that a California jury ruled in favor of OpenAI, stating that Elon Musk waited too long to file his lawsuit.

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web search NEUTRAL — A US federal jury ruled Monday that Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its co-founders handing a decisive win to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.The company said Musk filed the lawsuit only after faili…
https://www.dw.com/en/jury-rules-against-elon-musk-in-case-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Musk vowed to appeal after a major loss in a California court. On Monday, a jury sided against Musk in his blockbuster suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman. Musk downplayed the ruling as based "jus…
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-appeal-lawsuit-ope…

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web search NEUTRAL — A California jury has tossed out Elon Musk's high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman. In a unanimous verdict, the jury agreed that Musk had waited too long to file his lawsuit, lea…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewpyv79pw1o

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Claim 3: “The Supreme Court acted in a Voting Rights Act case brought by Native American tribes on Monday, saying a closely watched ruling needs to be reconsidered”

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The provided web search results are entirely irrelevant to the claim, discussing the letter 'U' and a campus in Portland. No evidence was found to support or refute the claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — Located in the Concordia neighborhood of northeast Portland, our new campus is easily accessible via personal or public transportation options. Let us help you explore the campus and see everything it…
https://pdx.uoregon.edu/pdx-campus

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web search NEUTRAL — The Letter U Song - Here's Jackson to teach us the letter U! It's the next letter of the alphabet. How many words can you think of that start with the letter U?
https://kidvideo.org/video/the-letter-u-song-learn-the-alpha…

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web search NEUTRAL — U (minuscule: u) is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others world…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U

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Claim 4: “The U.S. Supreme Court, in a brief order on Monday, reversed a lower court’s ruling that determined Mississippi lawmakers unlawfully diluted Black [voting power]”

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The claim is mentioned in a cross-reference (Flipboard), but the web search results provided are completely irrelevant (discussing the letter 'U' and a campus in Portland), providing no independent corroboration.

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Claim 5: “A Minnesota prosecutor on Monday announced charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting”

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Three independent web search results confirm that a Minnesota prosecutor charged an ICE officer in connection with a nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man.

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web search NEUTRAL — A Minnesota county prosecutor has charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the sta…
https://www.click2houston.com/news/national/2026/05/18/minne…

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web search NEUTRAL — The charges stem from the nonfatal shooting of Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, who was shot in the leg in a Minneapolis home while federal agents pursued a different individual during the…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/18/minnesota-prosecuto…

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web search NEUTRAL — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was indicted Monday on five charges connected to a nonfatal shooting in Minnesota.Castro is the second federal immigration officer charged over alleged a…
https://www.tv20detroit.com/us-news/crime/second-ice-officer…

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Claim 6: “At least five people are dead — including two gunmen — after a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont”

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Three independent web search results confirm that a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego resulted in 3 deaths (victims) and 2 dead suspects (gunmen), totaling 5 deaths.

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Three people, including a security guard, were killed in a shooting at San Diego’s largest mosque. Two teen suspects were found dead in a car near the Islamic Center of San Diego. Follow f…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/us/live-news/san-diego-islami…

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web search NEUTRAL — 11 hours ago · Police say a shooting at a San Diego mosque has killed three men and both shooters are dead. San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said the shooters were believed to be teens and the case i…
https://apnews.com/article/san-diego-islamic-center-shooting…

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web search NEUTRAL — Three adults are dead following a shooting at a San Diego Islamic center, and authorities said there's "no further threat" to the public.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/3-killed-2-suspects-dead-i…

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