Scoop: Trump's hand-picked, taxpayer-funded ads about to ramp up

What happened

President Trump is personally selecting which government-funded ads his administration is airing ahead of the midterms — with more to come, Axios has learned. "This is just the beginning," an administration official told Axios. Why it matters: The seemingly partisan nature of the taxpayer-funded ads — which come a little more than a month before the midterms — has drawn bipartisan pushback. Behind the scenes: Trump…

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