DNC Sues Trump Administration

The Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration in federal court, asking a judge to block taxpayer money from producing or airing the ads. Common Cause and other plaintiffs filed a separate lawsuit the same day seeking to stop federal funding for the campaign. The ads began airing in September before the midterm elections and promote President Donald Trump and his political message, making their public funding the core dispute. The DNC says the ads are partisan propaganda that could help Republicans; the administration calls them patriotic, nonpartisan public-service announcements. The campaign has cost more than $12 million to run. A government-paid ad still aired Tuesday after Trump pledged future ads would use super PAC money.