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Homeland Security taps $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads

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The Department of Homeland Security has allocated $20 million in taxpayer funds for advertising campaigns that promote President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for the campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump that have drawn widespread criticism from Republicans and Democrats as a blatant misuse of taxpayer dollars and likely illegal. In a letter Tuesday to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, two top Democratic senators...

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