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Judge rejects claim anti-weaponization fund case is moot
By The BriefBrief · Sources (22)
Filed: Sep 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM ET
Summary: U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected the Trump administration’s argument that a lawsuit over a proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” is moot because the government says the plan is dead. Brinkema did not rule from the bench on the request to dismiss, but said the issues “are still alive and kicking.”
WHO: U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema
WHAT: Rejected the government’s request to dismiss the lawsuit as moot over the administration’s claim the anti-weaponization fund is dead
WHEN: Sep 18, 2026
WHERE: USA
WHY: Brinkema rejected the argument that the case should be dismissed as moot because the administration said the fund would not go forward.
Sources (22):
ABC News,
Al Jazeera,
BBC News,
Bloomberg,
CBS News,
CNBC Top News,
Fox News,
Global News Canada,
Japan Times,
NBC News,
NPR,
New York Times,
PBS NewsHour,
Politico Europe,
South China Morning Post,
Straits Times,
The Hindu,
The Independent,
UPI,
WATE 6 On Your Side,
WBIR 10News,
WTSP 10 Tampa Bay
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