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Judge orders taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads off the air

The administration had planned to continue purchasing the ads through Sunday before the federal judge's immediate halt order.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA federal judge ordered the Trump administration tonight to stop airing government-funded ads that portray the president favorably, effective immediately.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the taxpayers paid for the commercials, and now the court says the commercials have to go.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI hope somebody gets a refund on the jingle.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNobody gets a refund, Vera. They'll just air something else, and it'll be a nature documentary that happens to feature him.

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