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Trump promotes misleading claims about U.S. government’s media subscriptions

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President Donald Trump has been amplifying unfounded claims that the newly-suspended U.S. Agency for International Development had been sending millions of dollars in funding to news outlet Politico, to write stories that painted Democrats in a positive light.

In a White House briefing Wednesday, Trump’s press secretary said the government would be cancelling the $8 million going towards the media outlet. Trending Now’s Tessa Bennett reports.