NPR News: 05-31-2026 12AM EDT

Dale Willman· Host0:01

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. A federal judge will review the Trump administration's nearly two billion dollar anti-weaponization fund. This comes after 35 former federal judges questioned the fund's legitimacy. NPR's Bobby Allen reports.

Bobby Allen0:16

US District Judge Kathleen Williams in Florida has ordered Trump's lawyers to respond to the former federal judges who claim the lawsuit that led to the fund is, quote, "a fraud on the court." Trump sued the IRS over the leaking of his taxes. The case settled with a nearly one point eight billion dollar fund for those who claim to be victims of political persecutions. The problem, according to the former judges, is that Trump is both the plaintiff and the defendant. Trump filed the lawsuit as president, and he is the leader of the executive branch overseeing the IRS. The former judges wrote that the lawsuit was an example of collusion and asked the court to investigate whether it had been deceived. Williams says she is, quote, "empowered to investigate serious misconduct." Bobby Allen, NPR News.

Dale Willman· Host1:00

President Trump is using social media this weekend to criticize a federal district judge who ruled Friday that Trump's plans to renovate the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., must stop. Judge Christopher Cooper also ruled Trump must take his name off the center. Trump Saturday called Cooper crooked and called for his impeachment. Under law, only Congress can change the name of the Kennedy Center. Russia has signed a military agreement with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban government, but details of the deal remain murky.