{
  "id": 10971854,
  "title": "Senate Democrats rip DHS over diverted funding for campaign-style Trump ads",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/senate-democrats-rip-dhs-over-diverted-funding-for-campaign-style",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T14:41:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6120110-senate-democrats-dhs-funding-trump-taxpayer-funded-tv-ads/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two Democratic senators are demanding answers following reports that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funds were used to run TV advertisements promoting President Trump. In a Tuesday letter addressed to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) asked him to address several questions regarding the use of the funds within...",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Top Trump figures push to direct human rights funding to rightwing causes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/top-trump-figures-push-to-direct-human-rights-funding-to-rightwing",
        "published": "2026-09-30T12:00:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}