{"id":4450,"date":"2025-02-07T05:19:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T05:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-makes-misleading-claims-about-government-payments-to-politico-heres-a-fact-check\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T05:19:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T05:19:39","slug":"trump-makes-misleading-claims-about-government-payments-to-politico-heres-a-fact-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-makes-misleading-claims-about-government-payments-to-politico-heres-a-fact-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump makes misleading claims about government payments to Politico. Here&#8217;s a fact check."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>President Trump on Thursday repeated an unfounded claim on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113956778707659340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Truth Social<\/a> that billions of dollars had &#8220;been stolen at USAID, and other agencies&#8221; and given &#8220;to the fake news media&#8221; to write favorable stories about Democrats. He said Politico had received $8 million.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s claim mischaracterizes the federal government&#8217;s spending on subscriptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Data from <a href=\"http:\/\/usaspending.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USAspending.gov<\/a>, a government website that tracks federal spending, shows government agencies collectively spent more than $8 million combined in payments for Politico subscriptions and products <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/search\/?hash=0974889c673a0f3c4643a47f4377821c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in 2024<\/a>. This includes $24,000 spent by the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, on subscriptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The subscriptions, which include Politico Pro or E&amp;E News by Politico, offer paywalled content including policy tracking and exclusive reporting. Data show federal agencies also paid for subscriptions to other news outlets in 2024, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/search\/?hash=8d87bee88c41162659cfb6e23ff6cc2c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/search\/?hash=b92f1c783b819ce06ea584472315308f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that Elon Musk&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency was working to cancel all government subscriptions to Politico. Leavitt specifically criticized spending by USAID, the humanitarian aid agency that President Trump and Musk <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/usaid-missions-overseas-ordered-shutdown-by-friday\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">have targeted<\/a><\/span> for funding cuts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was made aware of the funding from USAID to media outlets, including Politico who has a seat in the room. I can confirm the more than $8 million taxpayer dollars have gone to essentially subsidizing subscriptions to Politico on the taxpayer&#8217;s dime will no longer be happening,&#8221; Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p>Data from <a href=\"http:\/\/usaspending.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USAspending.gov<\/a> shows of the $8 million spent on payments for Politico products <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/search\/?hash=0974889c673a0f3c4643a47f4377821c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in 2024<\/a>, the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Interior and Department of Energy each paid over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/search\/?hash=2e41564c5d9de1060c3e7fe1ec2cd144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$1 million in 2024<\/a>. USAID paid $24,000 for Politico subscriptions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/CONT_AWD_72REFS24PC00047_7200_-NONE-_-NONE-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in the 2024<\/a> fiscal year, up from $20,000 the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to staff on Wednesday, Politico&#8217;s editor-in-chief John Harris said, &#8220;POLITICO has never been a beneficiary of government programs or subsidies \u2014 not one cent, ever, in 18 years.&#8221; Harris also wrote that &#8220;the overwhelming majority&#8221; of Politico Pro subscriptions come from the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, congressional records show both Republicans and Democrats and the committees they lead paid for Politico subscriptions in the last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The office of Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, who accused Politico of &#8220;grift&#8221; on social media Wednesday, paid more than $7,000 to Politico LLC for &#8220;publications and reference material&#8221; according to the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.house.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-05\/2024q1_singlevolume_signed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Statement of Disbursement<\/a> for the first quarter of 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The same records show the Office of the Speaker of the House paid over $9,000 and the Republican-led House Committee on Energy and Finance paid over $58,000 to Politico LLC that quarter.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News has reached out to Rep. Boebert and Speaker Johnson&#8217;s office for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYTimesPR\/status\/1887604934578712752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">responded<\/a> to what it called &#8220;inaccurate information about &#8216;federal funding'&#8221; of the paper Thursday, noting that &#8220;various parts of the federal government&#8221; have purchased subscriptions under both Democratic and Republican administrations, including the first Trump administration. The company said federal subscriptions make up &#8220;less than 1\/1000th&#8221; of its revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Musk and the White House have criticized spending by USAID <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/uncategorized\/2025\/02\/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">as wasteful<\/a> as the administration works to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/usaid-merged-into-state-department\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">merge the agency into the State Department<\/a><\/span> with cuts to its funding and workforce, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/usaid-merger-trump-white-house-atul-gawande\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">halting aid<\/a><\/span> it supported <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/usaid-shutdown-grassroots-groups-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">around the world<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fiscal year 2023, USAID <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-and-elon-musk-are-upending-usaid-heres-what-to-know-about-its-work\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">managed<\/a><\/span> more than $40 billion in appropriations, or less than 1% of the federal budget, according to the Congressional Research Service. Much of that funding went to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia&#8217;s invasion, as well as disaster relief, humanitarian and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/some-u-s-officials-fear-disaster-as-trump-upends-ebola-response-in-uganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">health programs<\/a><\/span> across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Former agency officials have <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/usaid-merger-trump-white-house-atul-gawande\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">criticized<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the Trump administration for jeopardizing humanitarian work done by the agency in over 100 countries worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/laura-doan\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Laura Doan<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/laura-doan\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"img \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/23\/7208852c-0517-4447-b55b-1fe2cd98438c\/thumbnail\/80x80\/5a64960c898535c66340cd987d2a2ea0\/img-3305.jpg?v=d54d11a41ff0a005a15d3290716e6f92#\" alt=\"img-3305.jpg \" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" class=\" lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/23\/7208852c-0517-4447-b55b-1fe2cd98438c\/thumbnail\/80x80\/5a64960c898535c66340cd987d2a2ea0\/img-3305.jpg?v=d54d11a41ff0a005a15d3290716e6f92 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/23\/7208852c-0517-4447-b55b-1fe2cd98438c\/thumbnail\/160x160\/b6206c957d7138cadd8d838fb2c039ea\/img-3305.jpg?v=d54d11a41ff0a005a15d3290716e6f92 2x\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%2080%2080'%2F%3E\"\/><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Laura Doan is a fact checker for CBS News Confirmed. 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