White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Wednesday that pricey subscriptions to the leftist media outlet Politico by the federal government are being canceled.
Real America’s Voice host Brian Glenn asked Leavitt to comment on the Department of Government Efficiency’s discovery that the United States Agency for International Development had been one of the agencies paying tens of thousands of dollars per year for Politico Pro subscriptions.
“Upon coming out here to the briefing room, I was made aware of the funding from USAID to media outlets, including Politico, who I know has a seat in this room,” Leavitt began.
“I can confirm that the more than $8 million taxpayer dollars that have gone to essentially subsidizing subscriptions to Politico on the American taxpayer’s dime will no longer be happening,” she continued. “The DOGE team is working on canceling those payments now.”
🚨 BOOM! @PressSec Karoline Leavitt just announced that @DOGE is cutting all funding to POLITICO and other media outlets funded by USAID. pic.twitter.com/vBt6TDXi56
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 5, 2025
The Dispatch reported that multiple federal agencies and departments paid Politico a total of $8.2 million for subscriptions from fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2025.