Proof: White House posts third taxpayer-paid ad campaign boosting Trump ahead of midterm elections
The record — the exact bytes that were hashed
{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T11:12:24Z","headline":"White House posts third taxpayer-paid ad campaign boosting Trump ahead of midterm elections","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"timesofindia","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/white-house-posts-third-taxpayer-paid-ad-campaign-boosting-trump-ahead-of-midterm-elections/articleshow/134535888.cms","v":1}
Download headline-148bb71a4099.json
- SHA-256
148bb71a409978c23123370876629eedad52c8599eee77523fb6f955b40837ad
OpenTimestamps
Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968986, mined 2026-09-28 11:33 UTC.
Download headline-148bb71a4099.json.ots
Wayback Machine
- The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 11:17 UTC — view the capture.
- The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 09:31 UTC — view the capture.
Check it yourself — none of this needs this site
- Hash the record:
sha256sum headline-148bb71a4099.jsonprints148bb71a409978c23123370876629eedad52c8599eee77523fb6f955b40837ad. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address. - Drop
headline-148bb71a4099.jsonandheadline-148bb71a4099.json.otsonto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node:ots verify headline-148bb71a4099.json.ots(ots upgradefirst while the receipt is pending). - Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.
Sealed automatically, 5 min after it was first seen.