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Trump admin pushes back on ‘slush fund’ attacks against Anti-Weaponization Fund and lays out who qualifies

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The Trump administration says the $1.778 billion Justice Department «Anti-Weaponization Fund» will compensate Americans unfairly targeted by politicized federal investigations on a «case-by-case» basis, pushing back on critics who have portrayed the program as a taxpayer-funded payout for Jan. 6 rioters and Trump allies.
Heated dispute over the fund centers on who will ultimately benefit from it, with Trump administration officials saying it is intended to compensate individuals harmed by «weaponized» federal investigations, such as pro-lifers targeted by the Biden administration, while Democratic critics fear it could allow politically connected figures or some Jan. 6 defendants to seek taxpayer-funded payments.
«Republicans can apply for it. Democrats can apply for it,» Vice President J.D. Vance said during a Tuesday White House briefing in answer to the critics. «If Hunter Biden wants to apply for this particular fund, he is welcome to.»
The Anti-Weaponization Fund is unusual because it emerged from a lawsuit settlement between Trump and the IRS, an agency he oversees as president, raising concerns among lawmakers and commentators about potential conflicts of interest.
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An image shows the Department of Justice building with an overlay of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
MS NOW contributor Joe Scarborough alleged that the Anti-Weaponization Fund would be funneled to those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots. On his first day in office, Trump issued pardons and commutations to more than 1,500 people involved in the Capitol riots.
«We got this billion-dollar ‘Marie Antoinette’ ballroom, now that they’re talking about funding and $1 billion plus slush fund for people who beat the hell out of cops,» Scarborough said. «It is a slush fund, a weaponization slush fund for supporters of Donald Trump, JD Vance and the Republican Party.»
But the Trump administration’s grievances with the «weaponization» of the Justice Department extend far beyond Biden-era prosecutions of those involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot.
Biden’s Justice Department prosecuted more than 50 pro-life activists who were accused of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) between 2021 and 2024. Since returning to office, Trump pardoned dozens of pro-life activists, some of whom were serving jail time.
The Trump Justice Department has also accused Biden-era officials of «zealously pursuing» prosecutions against Christians in its «2026 Report by the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias,» potentially opening the door for another category of people who could seek compensation through the fund.
Still, Trump faces criticism over the fund even from his own party. Sen. John Thune, R-SD, the top Republican leader in the Senate, said he wasn’t a «big fan» of the fund’s creation and that he «was not sure exactly how they intend to use it.»
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«I think that there are, and will continue to be, a lot of questions around that, that the administration is going to have to answer,» Thune said.
Justice Department officials and some legal experts say the fund, while unusual and politically controversial, falls within the government’s legal authority and that payments aren’t guaranteed.
The Anti-Weaponization Fund was born out of a settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service. Trump filed the lawsuit against in January over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax records.

A sign for the Internal Revenue Service is seen outside its headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2025. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
Claims will be determined by a five-person board appointed by the Attorney General, with at least one member selected with consultation with congressional leadership, according to a Justice Department press release. At any point in time, the president has the power to remove a member without cause.
Under the settlement agreement, the Anti-Weaponization Fund will evaluate claims by looking at the «totality of the circumstances.» Those factors considered include how strong a person’s claim is and what evidence supports it, the financial harm they allegedly suffered — including legal fees — whether they spent time in prison and whether they have already received compensation or other relief elsewhere.
The agreement also gives the board discretion to weigh «other factors» it considers fair and appropriate when deciding whether someone qualifies for compensation.
«This is about seeking accountability for all Americans who were victims of law fare and weaponization: millions of Americans whose online speech was censored at the behest of the government, parents silenced at school boards, Senators whose records were secretly subpoenaed, churchgoers targeted by the FBI, and so on,» a Justice Department document stated.
The Anti-Weaponization Fund will last until December 1, 2028.
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«It would be a disgrace if the Supreme Court of the United States allows that to happen. Remember what I said 20 to 25% of the people coming into our country will come in through birthright citizenship,» said Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Funding for the Anti-Weaponization Fund is coming from the Judgment Fund, which is a permanent Treasury account used to pay for settlements and claims against the government.
While the Justice Department pointed to the Obama administration’s creation of «Keepseagle,» a $760 million fund for victims of racism by the federal government as precedent for the creation of the fund, legal experts say there are key distinctions between the two. For instance, payouts in Keepseagle were made out to people a part of a class action lawsuit against the government; whereas anyone can apply for a claim with the Anti-Weaponization Fund.
«The Judgment Fund is for lawsuits,» Adam Zimmerman, a professor at USC Gould School of Law told PBS News. «It’s not for an amorphous group of people who feel like they’ve been wronged generally by a prior administration.»
But unlike the Keepseagle, which distributed leftover funds to nonprofits, the Anti-Weaponization Fund will return remaining funds back to the Department of Commerce. Although, the practice of disbursing leftover funds to related third party organizations, which occurred in Keepseagle, is not uncommon in class action lawsuits.
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Los incendios avanzan sin control en España y Francia: hay más de 170.000 evacuados y miles de hectáreas arrasadas

Los incendios forestales que afectan a España y Francia continúan fuera de control y obligaron a evacuar a más de 170.000 personas entre ambos países, en medio de una intensa ola de calor, fuertes vientos y condiciones extremas que dificultan el trabajo de los equipos de emergencia.
La situación más delicada en España se concentra en el oeste de la Comunidad de Madrid, donde las autoridades reconocieron este viernes que el incendio atraviesa su fase más crítica.
“El incendio sigue creciendo”, advirtió el consejero de Medio Ambiente de la Comunidad de Madrid, Carlos Novillo, quien sostuvo que el fuego se encuentra en su “momento álgido” y que está “ya fuera de capacidad de extinción”.
Según explicó el funcionario desde el puesto de mando de las operaciones, la evolución del incendio declarado en la vecina provincia de Ávila tomó una dirección más al norte de la prevista, un cambio que, por el momento, reduce el riesgo de que ambos focos terminen uniéndose y formen un frente de fuego todavía más devastador. Un hidroavión arroja agua sobre un incendio en Europa, el 24 de julio de 2026. (AP Foto/Caroline Blumberg)
Horas antes, la presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, había calificado el episodio como “el peor incendio de la historia” de la región.
Además, Díaz Ayuso informó que al menos 63.000 personas debieron ser evacuadas o se encontraban confinadas en la región de Madrid.
“Tenemos una situación adversa. El viento, la temperatura y el grado de humedad no nos facilitan la tarea”, afirmó el ministro del Interior español, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, durante una recorrida por el centro de operaciones.
Las llamas afectan especialmente a municipios residenciales rodeados por montes y áreas boscosas, donde la vegetación seca actúa como combustible. En Aldea del Fresno, uno de los pueblos completamente evacuados, el concejal Félix Hernández resumió la magnitud de la emergencia: “Tengo 53 años y he visto incendios importantes, pero nunca uno tan grande como este”.
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La investigación sobre el origen de algunos focos también avanza. La Guardia Civil confirmó la detención de una persona y que otra está siendo investigada por su presunta responsabilidad en el incendio registrado en Castilla y León.
En lo que va de 2026, España ya perdió cerca de 130.000 hectáreas por incendios forestales, una cifra que refleja la intensidad de la temporada, aunque todavía inferior a las aproximadamente 393.000 hectáreas quemadas durante todo 2025.
Francia también está bajo una emergencia sin precedentes
La situación tampoco da respiro al otro lado de los Pirineos. En el suroeste de Francia, los incendios forestales obligaron a evacuar a unas 110.000 personas, mientras las llamas ya arrasaron alrededor de 14.000 hectáreas.
La región más comprometida se encuentra en torno a Burdeos, una de las principales ciudades del país y centro de una reconocida zona vitivinícola. Residentes y turistas debieron abandonar la península de Cap Ferret tanto por carretera como en embarcaciones, en plena temporada alta de vacaciones.
Bomberos combaten las llamas en la zona de Le Porge, en Gironda, en Francia (Foto: Reuters)
El ministro del Interior francés, Laurent Nuñez, aseguró que las autoridades “harán todo lo posible para proteger” la ciudad de Burdeos y anunció la convocatoria urgente de una célula interministerial de crisis para coordinar la respuesta.
Los departamentos de Gironda y Las Landas concentran los mayores esfuerzos de los equipos de emergencia, mientras miles de personas permanecen alojadas en centros de evacuación.
Entre ellas está Maria Lalanne, una mujer de 90 años que debió abandonar su vivienda durante la noche y llegó a un polideportivo habilitado como refugio sin sus lentes ni su audífono. “No sé cuánto va a durar esto. No sé qué pasó con mi casa”, relató, todavía conmocionada.
Los incendios de este año ya convirtieron a 2026 en el segundo con mayor superficie quemada en la Unión Europea desde que comenzaron los registros satelitales hace dos décadas, según datos del Sistema Europeo de Información sobre Incendios Forestales (EFFIS). Solo en Francia, más de 50.000 hectáreas fueron consumidas por el fuego desde enero, casi el triple de la superficie afectada durante el mismo período del año pasado.
En este contexto, especialistas del grupo World Weather Attribution difundieron un estudio que concluye que el cambio climático, impulsado principalmente por la quema de combustibles fósiles como petróleo, carbón y gas, está intensificando la sequía y favoreciendo la aparición de incendios cada vez más extensos, intensos y difíciles de controlar en buena parte de Europa.
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ICC prosecutor whose Netanyahu warrant fueled Mamdani arrest threat is fired over sexual misconduct

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The International Criminal Court prosecutor whose arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became central to New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s threat to arrest the Israeli leader was dismissed Friday after member states voted to remove him over sexual misconduct allegations.
Karim Khan, the ICC’s chief prosecutor, was removed after a vote by the Assembly of States Parties, the court’s 125-member governing body, following disciplinary proceedings tied to allegations involving a junior female staffer in his office. Khan has denied wrongdoing.
The decision marked the first time in the ICC’s history that a sitting chief prosecutor has been removed from office. Khan’s removal comes days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio launched a U.S. campaign to «dismantle» the ICC, accusing the court of threatening American sovereignty.
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Karim Khan is the ICC’s chief prosecutor. (Getty Images)
Khan became one of the world’s most controversial prosecutors after pursuing ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. The ICC issued the warrants in November 2024, prompting fierce condemnation from Israel and the United States, neither of which is a member of the court.
The warrants also became a flashpoint in New York politics after Mamdani repeatedly invoked the ICC case against Netanyahu. Mamdani said during his campaign that he would seek to arrest Netanyahu if the Israeli prime minister came to New York, and later acknowledged as mayor that the city lacks authority to enforce the warrant while calling on the federal government to do so.
The ICC, based in The Hague in Holland, is a permanent international court created under the Rome Statute to prosecute individuals accused of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression when national courts are unable or unwilling to act.
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A general view of the International Criminal Court (ICC) building in The Hague, Netherlands on April 30, 2024. ((Photo by Selman Aksunger/Anadolu via Getty Images))
The allegations against Khan have triggered a crisis for the court. Reuters reported that 82 of the ICC’s 125 member states voted in favor of his removal, exceeding the absolute majority required. Khan had previously stepped aside in May 2025 while a U.N. oversight investigation was underway and was suspended in June 2026 pending the final vote.
The Associated Press reported that the court’s oversight body found Khan had committed «serious misconduct.» The case involved allegations from a female aide who said Khan engaged in nonconsensual sexual conduct. Khan’s lawyers have denied the allegations and called the removal process legally flawed and unsupported by evidence.
The woman, identified only as Sarah, went public in a CNN interview last week. «There is no way for something to be consensual when you have such a power disparity,» she told CNN.
Khan’s legal team rejected the vote and said he would challenge the decision. Tayab Ali, partner at Bindmans LLP and head of Khan’s legal team, said in a statement that the Assembly of States Parties had disregarded due process concerns raised publicly by more than 180 nongovernmental organizations and senior international lawyers.
«The decision is unsupported by any lawful or properly reasoned finding that Mr Khan KC committed misconduct or breached his duties as Prosecutor,» Ali said. «He has denied the allegations from the outset and continues to do so.» Ali said the allegations were investigated for more than a year by the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services and argued that «there is not a single finding of misconduct, including sexual misconduct, anywhere in the OIOS report.» He also said a three-judge panel unanimously determined in March 2026 that the factual findings made by OIOS did not establish misconduct or breach of duty by Khan.

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan poses during an interview with AFP at the Cour d’Honneur of the Palais Royal in Paris on February 7, 2024. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) wants to prosecute «environmental crimes» without changing the court’s statute, because environmental damage is often the cause or consequence of war crimes or crimes against humanity that the ICC can already judge, Karim Khan announced on February 7, 2024, in an interview with AFP. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)
Khan’s lawyers accused the Assembly of States Parties of removing him through a politically driven and procedurally unfair process, saying Khan and his lawyers were not allowed to make formal submissions to the Assembly before the vote.
«The Prosecutor of this Court has been removed by an executive vote while under sanctions and while the Court is under immense political pressure,» Ali said.
Ali said Khan «will challenge the lawfulness and fairness of the decision through all available legal mechanisms.»

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a still image taken from handout video released on July 21, 2026. (Reuters)
Israeli officials argued Friday that Khan’s removal undermined the legitimacy of the ICC’s actions against Netanyahu.
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon told Fox News Digital that Khan believed «by launching a political witch hunt against Israel and issuing a politically-motivated arrest warrant against Prime Minister Netanyahu, the world would ignore the grave sexual misconduct allegations against him.»
«He was wrong,» Danon said. «He sought to scapegoat Israel in an attempt to divert attention from his own misconduct. The international community rejected that cynical attempt today.»
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan (right).
Danon added, «The attacks against Israel, which were intended to distract from his disgraceful conduct, did not save Karim Khan, and they will not help Zohran Mamdani either.»
Anne Bayefsky, president of Human Rights Voices and director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, told Fox News Digital that Khan’s fall should not be viewed as an isolated scandal. «He unexpectedly requested arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and defense minister within weeks of discovering his sexual deviancy had been revealed. He accused his victim of being a Mossad agent. He and his lawyers constantly repeated the refrain that Israelis were behind the accusations.»
Bayefsky claimed that Khan’s conduct has damaged the ICC itself. «Now there is a massive campaign to save the ICC from Khan. On this logic, Khan’s anti-Israel fanaticism never tainted his investigation of Israel, his arrest warrant request against Israelis, his submissions to the ICC Court, the evidence he placed before the Court, or the analysis and conclusions of the ICC Court that placed their trust in him when they decided to grant his warrant requests.»

Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon speaking at the General Assembly. (U.N. Photo/ Eskinder Debebe)
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The ICC has not said Khan’s removal affects the Netanyahu and Gallant warrants, which were issued by judges after Khan’s request.
Requests sent to Khan’s office for comment were not answered by the time of publication.
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Emprender lejos de casa: así es la vida de una familia colombo-española en Bogotá

Entre los trayectos diarios, las jornadas laborales y el tiempo dedicado a su hija Vega, la familia colombo-española formada por Sara y Jorge ha construido una rutina en la que el núcleo familiar ocupa el centro de sus prioridades.
Ella llegó desde España en busca de nuevas oportunidades; él, tras varios años en el sector audiovisual, decidió emprender. Actualmente, ambos consolidan un hogar mientras se adaptan al ritmo dinámico de una ciudad que exige movimiento constante.
En un recorrido junto a Volkswagen Taos, la pareja compartió su cotidianidad: cómo organizan su vida entre la crianza de su hija y sus proyectos laborales.
Sara llegó desde Madrid a los 27 años con el propósito de viajar y vivir nuevas experiencias. Lo que comenzó como una estadía de uno o dos años terminó transformándose en su hogar en Colombia. “Sin duda, mi viaje más largo y aventurero fue a Colombia”, recuerda.

La distancia con su familia y su red de apoyo fue un desafío, pero con el tiempo logró construir una nueva vida junto a Jorge y su hija Vega. Para ella, el hogar no está definido por un lugar físico, sino por las personas con quienes comparte la vida: “El hogar se construye donde están ellos”. En ese proceso, su mascota Lola fue su primera compañía en el país y, posteriormente, la llegada de su hija redefinió sus prioridades.
Jorge trabajó durante años en el sector audiovisual. No obstante, el deseo de construir algo propio lo llevó a fundar El Club, un gastro bar concebido como proyecto familiar. La etapa inicial requirió reorganizar rutinas y prioridades para equilibrar las exigencias del emprendimiento y la crianza de su hija pequeña.

Aun así, Jorge resume esta etapa con claridad: “Me siento sumamente orgulloso de mi esposa, de mi hija y de lo que hemos construido”. La llegada de Vega marcó un punto de inflexión. Desde entonces, el emprendimiento dejó de ser solo un proyecto individual para convertirse en una construcción compartida.
Entre el trabajo, la crianza y la ciudad, la familia ha aprendido a organizar su rutina con precisión. El tiempo se convirtió en su recurso más valioso.
“El tiempo en familia es innegociable”, afirma Sara. A pesar de las exigencias laborales, siempre encuentran espacios para compartir, incluso en los trayectos diarios por Bogotá.

Dentro del vehículo, los recorridos se transforman en momentos de conversación, conexión y pausa en medio del ritmo acelerado de la ciudad.
Para ambos, esos espacios cotidianos también hacen parte de la construcción del hogar.
Sara asegura que la maternidad la llevó a su mejor versión, mientras que Jorge define la paternidad como una transformación profunda que redefinió sus prioridades y su visión de vida.
En la rutina de Sara, Jorge y Vega, el Volkswagen Taos es una herramienta clave para sus desplazamientos diarios. Este SUV compacto proporciona un equilibrio entre espacio, tecnología y confort, adaptándose a las necesidades de una familia en movimiento. Su diseño incorpora una parrilla frontal moderna, iluminación LED y faros IQ Light, elementos que refuerzan su carácter.
En el interior, destaca la amplitud de la segunda fila, el techo panorámico y una experiencia digital centrada en el usuario, con pantalla VW Play de 10 pulgadas, conectividad inalámbrica y un entorno intuitivo. El baúl de 500 litros permite afrontar tanto la rutina urbana como los viajes de fin de semana.

En materia de seguridad, el Volkswagen Taos integra asistentes de conducción, control crucero adaptativo, frenado autónomo de emergencia y múltiples airbags, elementos diseñados para entornos urbanos exigentes. Su motor 1.4 TSI de 150 caballos de fuerza y transmisión automática Tiptronic de 8 velocidades ofrece eficiencia y desempeño tanto en ciudad como en carretera.
En Colombia, la diversidad en la composición de los hogares es cada vez más visible. De acuerdo con el Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), los hogares biparentales representan el 51,3%, los monoparentales el 24,3%, los unipersonales el 20,2% y otras formas de convivencia el 4,2%. Esta transformación social evidencia la coexistencia de estructuras tradicionales y nuevas configuraciones familiares.
Volkswagen propone una visión amplia de familia, entendida como el círculo de personas con quienes se comparte la vida y el progreso. Bajo esta premisa, el Volkswagen Taos se adapta a diversas formas de convivencia, integrando tecnología, espacio y seguridad para la vida cotidiana.
El modelo está disponible en colores como Azul Perlado, Blanco Puro, Gris Flannel, Gris Platino Metalizado, Negro Profundo y Plata Pirita Metalizado, en línea con la diversidad de estilos de vida urbanos.
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