WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Backed by nine other states, Texas filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc-owned Google on Wednesday, accusing it of breaking antitrust law in how it runs its online advertising business.  The Texas lawsuit is the second major complaint from regulators against Google a...

This year’s holiday ads are a perfect antidote to the year from hell. And one way or another, they find ways to address the big C-word of 2020: coronavirus. In a year dominated by the pandemic, some businesses tackled the public health crisis head on in their holiday spots. British supermarket Tes...

Stephen Colbert discovered that President Donald Trump advertises a lot on “The Late Show.” (Watch the full monologue video below.) “Wow,” a surprised Colbert said Wednesday. “Has he seen how I talk about him on this show?” A CNN study revealed that the president’s reelection campaign ...

The Lincoln Project is once again taking on Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of its favorite targets, this time taunting him for begging for cash to help keep his job.  Graham, who is locked in a tough race against Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison, has appealed for money&nbs...

Sometimes an election ad writes itself. President Donald Trump provided Joe Biden’s campaign team with the perfect fodder when the incumbent declared with apparent sarcasm at a North Carolina rally Saturday: “If I lose to him, I don’t know what I’m gonna do. I will never speak to you again. ...

California Sen. Kamala Harris has assumed a central role in Democratic advertising as the presidential campaign enters its final weeks, a sign that party operatives are counting on the first Black woman to appear on a major party’s presidential ticket to fire up young people and Black voters in ke...

Fox News refused to air a TV ad blasting President Donald Trump’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the Republican National Convention, telling the labor union funding it that it was inaccurate. The 30-second spot from the American Federation of Teachers’ super PAC, AFT Solidarity, slams ...

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign unveiled a $280-million advertising blitz on Wednesday that it says will keep the presumptive Democratic nominee “on offense” in 15 states, including Republican-leaning states where Democrats have not seriously competed in decades. The advertising effort consi...

A group of Republicans opposed to President Donald Trump is calling him out for a series of maneuvers they equate to a legal shell game to avoid being held accountable. And they’re doing it with an ad on one of his favorite networks: Fox News.  “Our nation’s founders fought a war to get r...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is debuting an ad on Iowa television on Thursday contrasting his longstanding support for Social Security benefits with President Donald Trump’s comments suggesting openness to cutting them. The 30-second spot features footage from a CNBC interview last week in which an...