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In the New York Times, it's the headlines.
I'm Will Jarvis, in for Tracy Mumford.
Today's Tuesday, May 19th.
Here's what we're covering.
Donald Trump is setting up a $1.7 billion
political slush fund for the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers
and his other political lieutenants and hangers-on.
In Washington, critics are blasting a highly unusual fund that was announced yesterday by the Trump administration.
The White House said the nearly $2 billion pot of money will be used to compensate people
who claim they were persecuted during the Biden administration.
The fund creates a pipeline
that could be used to funnel taxpayer money to President Trump's allies
and was quickly criticized by Democrats and others as a presidential slush fund.
The head of a nonprofit legal watchdog,
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, called the fund's creation,