{"id":2612125,"date":"2026-06-08T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-site-folds-a-year-after-trump-admin-ended-taxpayer-funding\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T22:15:50","slug":"politico-site-folds-a-year-after-trump-admin-ended-taxpayer-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-site-folds-a-year-after-trump-admin-ended-taxpayer-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico Site Folds a Year After Trump Admin Ended Taxpayer Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolitico-site-folds-a-year-after-trump-admin-ended-taxpayer-funding%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2612125&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Politico is shutting down its E&#038;E News energy and environmental site after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decided not to renew its nearly half\u2011million\u2011dollar annual subscription,saving about $458,919 per year. Politico says that beginning in September it will fold E&#038;E News into its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-iran-war-risks-undermining-affordability-for-gop-in-2026\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s Iran war risks &#039;undermining affordability&#039; for GOP in 2026\">broader energy-<\/a>and-habitat coverage and launch two new focused daily newsletters: **Surge** (examining AI-driven energy demand and its political and business impacts) and **State Power** (covering state-level energy policymaking). Politico will also update and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >continue existing energy\/environment newsletters<\/a>, and it says the transition does not involve staffing cuts, with E&#038;E operating as an integrated part of Politico rather than a separate brand.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Politico is discontinuing an energy and environmental news site a little over a year after the government canceled a nearly half-million-dollar annual subscription to it.<\/p>\n<p>Politico on Monday announced plans to shutter E&#038;E News and introduce two new energy-focused newsletters in September, Semafor first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/06\/08\/2026\/politico-folds-ee-news-ahead-of-broader-energy-push\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. The move comes after Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/04\/28\/lee-zeldin-purple-haired-democrat-rosa-delauro-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zeldin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/epaleezeldin\/status\/1889381222750572875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> in February 2025 that the agency \u201cwill not be renewing our membership with Politico and Politico E&#038;E, saving the American taxpayers $458,919 per year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBest $458,919 we ever saved on behalf of taxpayers,\u201d an EPA representative told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government shouldn\u2019t subsidize poor journalism, and it\u2019s a stinging indictment of the previous administration that they wasted so many hard-earned American tax dollars keeping this outlet afloat.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EPA will not be renewing our membership with Politico and Politico E&#038;E, saving the American taxpayers $458,919 per year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/epaleezeldin\/status\/1889381222750572875?\">February 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeginning in September, we are modernizing how we deliver our energy and environmental policy journalism and launching a more focused, high-impact portfolio of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nothing-about-this-election-seems-to-add-up-the-liberty-loft\/\" title=\"Nothing about this election seems to add up | The Liberty Loft\">daily news<\/a> and intelligence products,\u201d Politico CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and Politico Global Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Greenberger said in a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/politico-press\/2026\/06\/08\/politico-announces-new-chapter-for-energy-and-environmental-journalism-00953252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy bringing together our reporting from Washington, U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-woke-corporations-who-condemned-georgia-while-still-doing-business-with-china\/\" title=\"5 \u2018Woke\u2019 Corporations Who Condemned Georgia \u2026 While Still Doing Business With China\">state capitals<\/a>, Europe, and across industry, these newsletters will help subscribers see how policy decisions, political fights, and market forces intersect to reshape energy and climate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Politico\u2019s new Surge newsletter will examine how AI-driven <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/03\/31\/kentucky-west-virginia-appalachia-affordability-wars-google-data-centers-nuclear-energy-coal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">energy<\/a> demand is impacting politics and business across the U.S. and Europe, and its State Power newsletter will cover state-level energy policymaking, according to Semafor. The outlet will also refurbish its existing Morning Energy newsletter, Morning Environment newsletter and other Europe-focused energy and environmental newsletters, Semafor reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of this shift, E&#038;E News will no longer operate as a separate brand. Its journalism and expertise will be fully integrated into POLITICO\u2019s energy and environment portfolio of stories, briefs, analysis and newsletters,\u201d according to Politico\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current E&#038;E News publication structure will evolve into a connected set of energy and environment editorial products that  our deep reporting and strong analysis while showcasing our greater global editorial coordination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Semafor, a Politico executive said the move did not include any staffing cuts.<\/p>\n<p>When reached for comment, a Politico representative referred the DCNF to the company\u2019s announcement from Monday.<\/p>\n<p>E&#038;E News is a subscription-based news organization \u201ccommitted to providing non-partisan and accurate reports on essential energy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-pompeo-calls-for-release-of-chinese-citizen-journalist\/\" title=\"Secy. 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