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Claims surfaced that certain media outlets received significant sums from government sources for various investigations, with allegations of "large-scale social deception" surfacing in line with contracts from the Department of Defense. Notably, it was reported that the radical left-leaning organization Reuters had received $9 million, prompting Trump to call for a return of these funds on his social media platform, Truth Social. The raft of accusations extended beyond Reuters to include Politico and The New York Times, suggesting a common thread of government subsidization fuelling major media narratives.