President Trump's allies are eyeing his new legal fund.

Experts are increasingly concerned about the Ebola outbreak,

and Stephen Colbert is preparing to say goodbye.

That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Izin Akabao, in for Hannah Jewel.

It's Thursday, May 21st.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Number one, President Trump's allies are already lining up to apply to his new $1.8 billion

fund.

This week, a legal deal established a massive fund to compensate people

who claim to have been unfairly targeted by the justice system. No funds have been handed out yet,

but a wide range of conservative figures have expressed their interest in the settlement fund.

The fund is expected to go toward people charged in the January 6th attack,

those who say they were wrongly prosecuted by the Biden administration,

and those who tried to help Trump overturn the 2020 election results.

Lawyers for those Trump supporters have said their clients are interested in making claims.

Other conservative figures have said

that they intend to apply for the fund when it becomes available. They include former Congressman

George Santos, who had his sentence for identity theft and wire fraud commuted by Trump last year.

But the fund is also being met with resistance. House Democrats have announced plans to investigate and potentially block the fund if they retake the House in November.

His representative Jamie Ruskin of Maryland, speaking yesterday at an unrelated House judiciary hearing.

We've got many questions for everybody involved in this brazen and corrupt transaction.

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