{"id":210922,"date":"2026-05-17T12:17:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-billions-of-taxpayer-dollars-could-go-to-president-and-his-allies-in-unprecedented-move-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T12:17:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:17:46","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-billions-of-taxpayer-dollars-could-go-to-president-and-his-allies-in-unprecedented-move-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-billions-of-taxpayer-dollars-could-go-to-president-and-his-allies-in-unprecedented-move-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: billions of taxpayer dollars could go to president and his allies in unprecedented move – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

If case is settled for full amount Trump is requesting, a $10bn payment would more than double his family\u2019s net worth \u2013 key US politics stories from Saturday, 16 May at a glance
Donald Trump may agree to drop his massive $10bn lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the launch of a $1.7bn fund to compensate people he says were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration, according to reports.
The case is the latest example of how Trump has taken over the justice department \u2013 which typically operates at arm\u2019s length from the White House \u2013 and deployed it for his own ends.
Among other people, more than 1,500 January 6 rioters would be eligible to receive compensation from the fund, ABC said. The treasury department\u2019s Judgment Fund, a pool of taxpayer funds reserved to pay out court judgments and settlements, would allegedly become the vehicle for Trump\u2019s self-styled victim compensation fund.
Under the terms of settlement deliberations, Trump is also allegedly asking the IRS to issue a public apology for the disclosure of his personal financial records, and to waive an IRS audit of Trump, his family and his businesses. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert suggested that Trump blocked funds for a clean drinking water project in her state over the prosecution of election denier Tina Peters.
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The number of the president\u2019s supporters accused of committing new crimes after Trump pardoned them for their roles in the January 6 Capitol attack recently increased to at least five.
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The power of Trump\u2019s endorsement will be put to its latest test on Saturday, when Louisiana holds primary elections in which the US senator Bill Cassidy, who voted to impeach the president after the January 6 insurrection, stands a chance of losing his party\u2019s nomination.
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Congressman Thomas Massie, chastized by the US president as a \u2018lowlife\u2019, will soon face the ballot box \u2013 setting up a crucial test of Trump\u2019s political strength.
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A Kansas judge has temporarily blocked a law banning gender-transition treatments for minors<\/a><\/strong> in the state.
CBS News insiders fear Bari Weiss will soon enact \u2018massive changes\u2019 to 60 Minutes<\/a>.<\/strong>
Thousands rally in Alabama for Black voting rights<\/a><\/strong>.
Trump said US and Nigerian forces have killed the \u201csecond in command\u201d global leader of the Islamic State<\/a><\/strong>.
Trump raised the case of jailed Hong Kong democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai in talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping<\/a><\/strong> but was told it \u201cis a tough one\u201d.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 15 May 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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If case is settled for full amount Trump is requesting, a $10bn payment would more than double his family\u2019s net worth \u2013 key US politics stories from Saturday, 16 May at a glanceDonald Trump may agree to drop his massive $10bn lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the launch of a $1.7bn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-210922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}