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Judge orders halt to taxpayer-funded ads featuring Trump - Sun, 11 Oct 2026 PST

A judge on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from using taxpayer money to pay for political advertisements, after publicly funded television ads glorifying President Donald Trump began airing in late September and sparked a bipartisan backlash.

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