Alleged payments of $8.2 million for subscriptions has been linked to Politico News and various government agency subsidiaries.
This left-leaning news organization is said to have received this significant amount in ‘government subsidies’ as part of a broader investigation into wasteful expenditures led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Currently, DOGE is working on terminating payments from several federal entities, including USAID.
While Politico reportedly received $44,000 from USAID last year, they obtained millions more from other government sources such as the Human Health Department, $8.2 million according to public records.
Politico did not receive the money in grants, but through subscriptions that were bought for governments employee and agencies, $8.2 million worth of subscription.
The Politico financial information is government public record and available at, https://www.usaspending.gov/search
According to posts on social media site X, Politico employees stated that they did not receive their last paychecks, Politoco argued that missed payments stemmed from a ‘technical issue.’
This coincided with increasing attention on the funding Politico received for its government subscriptions.
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, commented that taxpayer money was essentially used to subsidize subscriptions to Politico, and future payment to Politico are being cancelled.
This information is alleged since Politico has not publicly confirmed the reports.
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