{"id":1267,"date":"2025-02-06T17:17:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T17:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2025-02-06T17:17:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T17:17:30","slug":"politicsnew-top-news-outlet-caught-accepting-taxpayer-funds-from-controversial-federal-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=1267","title":{"rendered":"PoliticsNEW: Top News Outlet Caught Accepting Taxpayer Funds From Controversial Federal Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"mvp-post-head\" class=\"left relative\">\n<h1 class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"mvp-post-content\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p>Journalist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylenabecker\/status\/1887136820544049218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Becker<\/a>\u00a0has reported that liberal news outlet Politico received payments made up of taxpayer dollars from the infamous\u00a0U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The amount, according to USA Spending, was $8.1 million over a total of 236 transactions.<\/p>\n<p>The data show that this cash came from payments made by various government agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, and many others.<\/p>\n<header id=\"mvp-post-head\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-author-info-wrap left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-author-info-text left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-author-info-date left relative\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"mvp-post-content\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p>Journalist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylenabecker\/status\/1887136820544049218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Becker<\/a>\u00a0has reported that liberal news outlet Politico received payments made up of taxpayer dollars from the infamous\u00a0U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The amount, according to USA Spending, was $8.1 million over a total of 236 transactions.<\/p>\n<p>The data show that this cash came from payments made by various government agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, and many others.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Politico staff did not receive payments on the same day that the USAID office was shut down, adding fuel to the conspiratorial fire. Max Tani of Semafor noted, \u201cStaff at Politico did not get paid for the latest pay period. The company just sent several emails to employees saying it believes there was a technical error, and is looking into how to fix the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a subsequent post, Becker said the \u201ctechnical error\u201d was resolved, but \u201cthe error of sending U.S. taxpayer money to a biased, partisan, establishment publication, however, is being fixed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-usaid-layoffs-7e0a159d8a419c4c9388ab02e8259f23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>\u00a0has revealed that President Donald Trump and his administration are planning to remove all of the workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development from the field worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration notified USAID workers in emails and\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">a notice posted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a><\/span>, the latest in a sudden dismantling of the aid agency by returning political appointees from President Donald Trump\u2019s first term and billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s government-efficiency teams who\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">call much of the spending on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/usaid-foreign-aid-freeze-trump-peter-marocco-8253d7dda766df89e10390c1645e78aa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">programs<\/a>\u00a0overseas wasteful,\u201d the report said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist\u00a0Kyle Becker\u00a0has reported that liberal news outlet Politico received payments made up of taxpayer dollars from the infamous\u00a0U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). 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