Washington Free Beacon

Grid, which went live earlier this month and whose masthead boasts left-leaning blogger Matthew Yglesias, raised seed money from a holding company owned by Emirate royal Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Grid also consulted with a firm that is a registered foreign agent for the UAE. The foreign funding and lobbyist involvement raise questions about the news outlet’s independence—and whether it should be required to register as a foreign agent with the Department of Justice,