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Government spent millions on Trump ads. And, federal agents raid Ilhan Omar's home

The government is using millions of taxpayers' dollars on pro-Trump ads, even after the president said this would not happen. And, federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C. home.

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What the coverage shows

Most outlets converge on the search itself and describe it as part of a broader federal investigation into Omar, but they split on emphasis. NBC, Axios, CBS, the Washington Post and the New York Times foreground immigration or criminal probe language, while The Atlantic and the Guardian US explicitly frame the coverage as political intimidation or theater; Reason is the only outlet here to say the officials have “all but pronounced her guilty.” Fox News alone also shifts to Omar’s wealth and family, and Axios separately highlights Democrats’ fear of an “October surprise.”

Written by Crossfiled from the 23 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

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