What's the Deal with USAID, $8 Million, and All Those Politico Pro Subscriptions?
USAID itself paid for $24,000 in subscriptions. The entire government paid $8 million for Politico Pro subscriptions. There is funding in the government set aside for media subscriptions, as would be appropriate if you want civil servants to be informed, particularly those involved in policy-making decisions.
Less than 24 hours after misleading claims started circulating that tied Politico to USAID, the White House vowed to end subscriptions for the insider news outlet's services and others.
False claims about the United States Agency for International Development’s spending have gone viral on social media, ...
Elon Musk and Republicans in support of his DOGE efforts have repeatedly made false claims about government spending.
Elon Musk and elected officials falsely said Politico was subsidized by the government. Turns out, government officials were ...
Conservatives and libertarians are correct to draw attention to all sorts of reckless spending within the federal government.
U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Darin LaHood (R-IL) plan to introduce the “No DeepSeek on Government Devices ...
Politico leadership further denied it is a USAID beneficiary, after Politico’s CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and editor-in-chief ...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at Wednesday's briefing: "I was made aware that USAID has funded media outlets ...
Politico on Thursday published a note to readers clarifying how its subscription model works as it faces a flurry of attacks ...
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