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Judge orders Trump administration to halt taxpayer-funded TV ads

October 12, 2026

Summary

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately stop using taxpayer money for promotional TV ads, which critics called government propaganda aimed at influencing midterm elections, after the Department of Homeland Security allocated $20 million for them.

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  • Trump administration ordered to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads
  • Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads
  • US judge orders halt to taxpayer-funded promo ads of Trump

Center

  • Judge orders Trump administration to immediately stop taxpayer-funded TV ads
  • Schumer: Judge halting Trump ads ‘only the beginning’

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