Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins on Monday announced that his department had canceled $178K in subscriptions to PoliticoPro, days after the White House pulled the United States Agency for International Development's subscription.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt last week revealed that over $8 million taxpayer dollars went to "essentially subsidizing subscriptions to Politico on the taxpayer's dime."

Collins did not state when he discovered the funding for Politico, or how many employees had access to Politico's services under the subscription. But the secretary indicated that the funding would go to Veterans health services instead.

"Ran across a $178,000 contract VA had with Politico and we promptly canceled it," Collins said in a post on X. "That money can be better spent on Veterans health care!"

It's unclear for how long the subscription dates back, but according to USASpending.gov, Politico LLC  received $8.2 million in funding from the USAID from 237 transactions. The Associated Press and The New York Times were also paid for subscription services.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.