The Trump administration has ordered key agencies to help other government departments cancel all of its media contracts amid rage over federal taxes flowing to news outlets, according to the report.
White House officials made an email request to the General Services Bureau Retrieved by Axios on Thursday.
“GSA team, do two things,” the official reportedly wrote. “We will draw all contracts for Politico, BBC, E&E (Politico Sub) and Bloomberg.
“Pick all media contracts only for GSA – cancel all media contracts only for GSA,” the email reads, according to the report.
The GSA is an independent agency, and among other things helps manage the federal property of various agencies and ensure that government operations are efficient.
The instructions reported by the White House came after Elon Musk and his government efficiency team highlighted millions of dollars in Politico Pro subscriptions paid with federal funds.
Politico Pro is a popular service in DC, with its “tracking policies, laws and regulations in real time, with a suite of news, intelligence and data products.”
On Wednesday, White House spokesman Caroline Leavitt announced that the Trump administration would suspend subscription payments after the government poured more than $8 million into online sites.
“The Doge team is currently working on cancelling these payments,” she said during a press conference.
Again, this is a government-wide effort to ensure that we move forward in a first place with regard to the federal book, and this president and his team have made a full decision. ”
The outlet will write a positive story about the Democrats, as President Trump argued that money for politics is “in return.”
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green was in controversy on Wednesday. Discuss about x The news outlet said, “We don't just do anything about President Trump and his supporters pushing their highly partisan political agenda.
Politico CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and editor-in-chief John Harris tried to straighten the record with letters to readers.
The pair argued that the publication had not received government subsidies.
“This is a deal, just like governments buy research, equipment, software and industry reports,” they wrote Thursday.
“Some online voices are deliberately spreading falsehood. Let's be clear: Politico is not financially dependent on government, and there is no hidden agenda. We cover politics and policy. – That's what we do.”
An email to the White House late Thursday night was not immediately returned, asking for confirmation of the Axios report.
