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Scoop: Trump's hand-picked, taxpayer-funded ads about to ramp up
President Trump is personally selecting which government-funded ads his administration is airing ahead of the midterms — with more to come, Axios has learned. "This is just the beginning," an administration official told Axios. Why it matters: The seemingly partisan nature of the taxpayer-funded ads
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All of the outlets frame the item as a controversy over taxpayer-funded Trump ads, but they split on emphasis: Axios leads with a scoop that Trump is personally selecting which ads air and says more are coming, while CNN quantifies the spending and The Hill and CNN foreground Trump’s defense that the spots are not campaign ads. NBC News uniquely highlights the FCC head dismissing concerns as “normal,” and The Washington Post is the only outlet here focused on a Senate resolution criticizing the ads.
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