Judge says Trump administration's DHS ads on taxpayer funds likely illegal

U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon, who on Sunday ordered the Trump administration to immediately halt taxpayer-funded TV ads featuring President Trump, said Monday the $20 million Department of Homeland Security ad campaign likely violated the law. The ads, funded despite the administration missing a self-set deadline to stop them, are challenged in lawsuits by Common Cause, Democracy Forward and the Democratic National Committee alleging exceeded congressional authorization. The administration calls them public service announcements; Trump has said future ads would be funded by his PAC, MAGA Inc.