The Department of Homeland Security tapped $20 million in taxpayer money for the ads, which the White House has defended as public service announcements.

President Donald Trump has doubled down to defend a vile MAGA ad that preyed on a politician’s childhood trauma. Trump-endorsed Republican Vivek Ramaswamy received bipartisan criticism for an ad in which the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent in the Ohio gubernatorial contest,

A federal judge blocks Trump's $20million advertising campaign, including an ad featuring Pete Hegseth, as agencies face an October 30 court deadline.

Nearly $22 million in taxpayers funds has been spent to air the ads, with nearly half spent after Trump promised to fund what the White House calls public service announcements through his super PAC.

A top election forecaster is now describing the Ohio governor’s race as favorable to Democrats after previously predicting it to be a “tossup.” Follow for live updates.

After Vivek Ramaswamy ran that vile ad attacking Amy Acton in the Ohio gubernatorial race, Donald Trump aggressively defended it. That sent out a command to MAGA to get behind the ad. But now Republicans just leaked an internal poll to Axios showing that the ad is backfiring in humiliating fashion.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Republican Vivek Ramaswamy took down his attack ad against Democrat Amy Acton, hours after biotech leaders called him out. We’re talking about how the attack ad has changed the governor’s race on Today in Ohio. Listen online here. Editor Chris Quinn hosts our daily half-hour news podcast, with editorial board member Lisa Garvin, impact editor Leila Atassi and content director ...