White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, responding Wednesday to a question about a right-wing conspiracy theory, announced that the federal government would cancel $8 million worth of Politico subscriptions.

Trump is boosting a bogus MAGA conspiracy theory about USAID funding Politico - Trump jumped on board the false claim that the USAID had been propping up Politico and other media outlets, calling it the ‘biggest scandal of all time.

This claim is based on a misunderstanding of government spending, as the $8 million attributed to Politico represents federal agencies' subscriptions to the news outlet's premium