U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon in Manhattan on Sunday, Oct. 11, ordered the Department of Homeland Security to stop airing TV ads featuring Trump, bought under a $20 million Customs and Border Protection contract. Common Cause, the union SEIU 32BJ and others sued, arguing the spending exceeded what Congress authorized and broke limits on taxpayer-funded publicity and propaganda. A Border Patrol official had already told the court the campaign would end that night; Rochon ruled the case was not moot, canceled that evening's airings and barred any further spending on the ads for 14 days.
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Officials, including a Border Patrol official, told the court the ad campaign would end Sunday.
This is a commitment the story explicitly attributes to officials, including a Border Patrol official. Politico's report ('pro-Trump ads to end Sunday, Border Patrol official tells court') confirms the statement was made. The desk reports the officials' representation and does not adopt the end date
Medium
The judge's order came after officials told the court the campaign would end.
The sequence is consistent with Politico's report of the court representation and with CNBC's account that the order addressed mootness. However, the story does not attribute the timing, and it implies a link between the representation and the order without sourcing it.