White House spent over $440,000 on taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ads before midterms

The White House has spent more than $440,000 on TV ads featuring President Donald Trump, including one in which he says America will never be a communist country and others touting his administration's policy goals, all paid for by U.S. taxpayers. Democrats and Republicans have criticized the spots as campaign ads weeks before November's midterm elections; the administration defends them as unapologetically American and denies they are campaign material.