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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop airing a series of political-style
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TV ads paid for with taxpayer money. The ads were already set to end last night, but the judge ordered them off the air a few
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hours early. The Department of Homeland Security used $20 million in taxpayer money to fund the campaign
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which includes an ad from Trump's last presidential run. A watchdog group and other plaintiff sued, arguing the government was illegally using
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public money to promote Trump's political message. We will throw off the sick political class that
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hates our country. The White House says there are public service announcements, but Trump said last
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week that his political fundraising would pay for the ads going forward. As for the taxpayer money
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already spent, the White House says there are no immediate plans to pay it back. The Democratic
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National Committee has filed a separate lawsuit over the ads
