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Politico swept up in USAID scandal as records show government paid $8.2 million to left-leaning news site

www.dailymail.co.uk DOGE cancels $8.2 million government payments to Politico

Politico has become the latest target in Elon Musk's clampdown on public spending after it emerged taxpayers were footing the bill for pricey subscriptions to the outlet.

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3w ago

Politico swept up in USAID scandal as records show government paid $8.2 million to left-leaning news site

www.dailymail.co.uk /news/article-14364887/doge-politico-payments-USAID-elon-musk-karoline-leavitt.html

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3w ago

Politico swept up in USAID scandal as records show government paid $8.2 million to left-leaning news site

www.dailymail.co.uk /news/article-14364887/doge-politico-payments-USAID-elon-musk-karoline-leavitt.html

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3w ago

Politico swept up in USAID scandal as records show government paid $8.2 million to left-leaning news site

www.dailymail.co.uk /news/article-14364887/doge-politico-payments-USAID-elon-musk-karoline-leavitt.html

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Turns out, this isn't true. Shocker.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/trump-politico-usaid-subcriptions
- In reality, $44,000 of the payments to Politico came from USAid, for subscriptions to E&E, an energy-focused offshoot of the company, in 2023 and 2024, the Dispatch reported after reviewing the purchases.
  
  Yes, their office paid for a service they provide that is not their news paper, nor was it just given to them. It also is no where near 8 million dollars. Beyond that, politico offers services that almost everyone in congress, GOP or DNC, pays for, that has nothing to do with their news paper