White House accused of brazen end-run around court order in 'Whac-A-Mole' scheme

A watchdog coalition accused the Trump White House of finding a sneaky workaround to keep its promotional blitz going after a judge intervened.In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, a coalition led by Common Cause asked U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon to expand her order halting the administration's taxpayer-funded TV ads so it also covers White House websites, YouTube and social media. The plaintiffs are represented by the legal group Democracy Forward, and journalist Scott MacFarlane flagged the filing in a Saturday post on X.Rochon first blocked the ads on Oct. 11, ordering the Trump administration to cancel remaining airtime bought with $20 million that the White House budget office steered to Customs and Border Protection. She later extended the freeze after the spots aired hundreds of times past her deadline and new ones surfaced on the White House YouTube channel.The latest...