No, Politico did not receive USAID funds. The political news outlet was forced to issue a clarification in a staff memo on Wednesday after a right-wing conspiracy theory quickly found its way into the White House. “Politico has never been a beneficiary of government programs or subsidies—not one cent, ever, in 18 years,” CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and Global Editor-in-Chief John Harris told their team, according to a copy of the memo obtained by…