The Politico Command denied that it is “benefiting from government programs” after it became the disclosure of taxpayer money used to pay the virus subscription service.
As many of you saw today, there was a vibrant discussion in the White House and between officials associated with the Ministry of Governmental efficiency on the issue of government subscriptions to press products, in Politico and other news organizations, “Editor -in -chief John Harris jointly wrote to employees on Wednesday in a memorandum that was done Get it by Fox News digital.
“This is a great conversation, and we welcome it. The value of political contributions was valid daily in the market. However, some parts of today's conversation were confusing and left some people with wrong understandings. For this reason, we want you to hear from us at several points.”
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“It was never a beneficiary of government programs or subsidies-not a percent, in 18 years,” confirmed that the Politico Pro subscription service “provides the public and two-year-old clients of the fact-based granular reports,” actual time, and tracking tools. Through the main policy fields. “
They wrote: “We are proud of the value of our Politico Pro platform and the policy press for all subscribers. As a practical issue, the vast majority of our professional contributions under Politico Pro is in the private sector.”
“We believe that the work of a new administration – and the work that Dog is – is a very important story. In particular, because of the ambition of the new administration to transform large sections of the government, our responsibility to cover this from every angle is an urgent matter.”
Politico did not immediately respond to the Fox News Digital request for comment.
White House press secretary Caroline Levitt Any government funding pledged by Politico will end at a time when the management of government efficiency of President Donald Trump ends on spending.
“I can confirm that more than 8 million dollars of dollars in taxes that, mainly, support subscriptions in Politico on American taxpayers, will not happen anymore,” Levitte said at a press conference on Wednesday.
“The Doug team is working to cancel these payments now,” she said. “This is a complete government effort to ensure that we go to a line when it comes to federal government books.”
White House press secretary Caroline Levit has pledged that the Trump administration would cancel the payments that are paid to Politico. (AP/EVAN VCCI)
There was speculation on social media that the amount of $ 8 million in the question came from the United States Agency for International Development, where the agency was currently targeted by the co -founder of Doge Elusk, but only 44,000 dollars came from that agency. Basic subscriptions usually range between $ 12,000 and $ 15,000 for three users.
Politico has received the taxpayer financing to serve expensive subscription from other places in the federal government. The Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services led the road, with $ 1.37 million, followed by $ 1.35 million from the Ministry of Interior, according to Usaspending.gov.
The Ministry of Energy paid 1.29 million dollars, the Ministry of Agriculture paid $ 552,024, and the Ministry of Commerce paid $ 485,572.
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world responsible for the government's government competence (DOGE), has announced plans to reduce the funding of the US International Development Agency.
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While Politico receives smaller amounts of money for subscriptions from government agencies under previous departments, it appears to have risen during the Biden administration, according to USSpending.gov.
