{
  "id": 11248625,
  "title": "Lawmakers call for action on ‘plainly illegal’ taxpayer-funded ads to promote Trump",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/lawmakers-call-for-action-on-plainly-illegal-taxpayer-funded-ads-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T15:39:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/house-democrats-letter-trump-ads"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "House Democrats say officials may have illegally misused public funds to pay for president’s ‘narcissistic ego trips’ The Trump administration is facing growing questions over whether it illegally used taxpayer money to air television ads promoting Donald Trump five weeks before the US midterm elections . Two congressional Democrats , Jamie Raskin of Maryland and George Whitesides of California,…",
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  "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."
}