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Benjamin Siegel

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
10
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Sep 24, 2026
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Aug 5, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Benjamin Siegel and Steven Portnoy

    Administration's pro-Trump TV ad is taxpayer-funded (opens the original)

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    The 30-second spot includes the disclosure "Paid for by the U.S. Government." The Trump administration is running a new pro-Trump advertisement on cable news featuring President Donald Trump boasting about his record and vowing the United States "will never be a communist country." The 30-second spot, which is labeled "Paid for by the U.S. Government," ran repeatedly this week on conservative cable news channels Fox News and Newsmax across several media markets, according to AdImpact, a media bu

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Benjamin Siegel and Steven Portnoy

    Is the administration's pro-Trump ad on TV taxpayer-funded? (opens the original)

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    The 30-second spot includes the disclosure "Paid for by the U.S. Government." The Trump administration is running a new pro-Trump advertisement on cable news featuring President Donald Trump boasting about his record and vowing the United States "will never be a communist country." The 30-second spot, which is labeled "Paid for by the U.S. Government," ran repeatedly this week on conservative cable news channels Fox News and Newsmax across several media markets, according to AdImpact, a media bu

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Benjamin Siegel

    Is the Trump administration's campaign-style ad on Fox News taxpayer-funded? (opens the original)

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    The 30-second spot includes the disclosure "Paid for by the U.S. Government." The Trump administration appears to be running a new ad on Fox News that has drawn criticism from Democrats as violating federal rules preventing the use of tax dollars for political purposes. A local CBS reporter in Miami posted on X that he had spotted the ad Wednesday night while watching Fox News. According to media monitoring service TVEyes, the 30-second spot, which includes the disclosure "Paid for by the U.S. G

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Benjamin Siegel

    Federal government paid employees $9.5 billion not to work in 2025: Report (opens the original)

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    The federal workforce shrunk by roughly 216,000 workers in 2025. The federal government paid federal workers $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 amid President Trump's push to shrink the federal workforce, according to a new watchdog report. In the report published Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office estimated that $6.7 billion of that figure was associated with the deferred resignation program. The Department of Government Efficiency's initiative to force workers to leave via deferred re

  5. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Benjamin Siegel

    Key takeaways from the 2nd night of the GOP midterm convention (opens the original)

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    The night featured attacks against Muslim Dems and tributes to Charlie Kirk. Vice President JD Vance headlined the second night of the Republican midterm convention, rallying GOP voters while lacing into Democrats. But it was President Donald Trump who had the last word of the night, underscoring his gravitational pull on the party's direction and message even as his running mate road tested his role as potential GOP standard bearer. Here are some key takeaways from Thursday night: President Tru

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