Judge orders Trump administration to restore $12 million for pro-democracy Radio Free Europe
- Judge Royce Lamberth ordered the Trump administration to restore Radio Free Europe funding April 30.
- The administration had cut funding for the pro-democracy media outlet.
- Attorneys stated the administration terminated contracts and furloughed 122 employees.
- The judge ordered disbursal of $12 million appropriated by Congress.
- The order requires disbursing April 2025 funds pending a lawsuit to keep the station operating.
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Judge Orders Trump Officials to Disburse Funding for Radio Free Europe - Overpasses For America
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Tuesday to disburse congressionally approved grant money it has withheld from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a federally funded news organization that provides independent reporting in countries with limited press freedom. The judge, Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ordered the Trump administration to pay the news organization $12 million for its Apri…
Judge: White House Must Give Radio Free Europe Its $12M
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million that Congress appropriated for Radio Free Europe, a pro-democracy media outlet at risk of going dark for the first time in 75 years. US District Judge Royce Lamberth, a Ronald Reagan appointee, granted the temporary restraining order...

Judge orders Trump administration to restore $12 million for pro-democracy Radio Free Europe
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million that Congress appropriated for Radio Free Europe, a pro-democracy media outlet at risk of going dark for the first time in 75 years.
Judge Orders Trump Officials to Fund Radio Free Europe
“A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Tuesday to disburse congressionally approved grant money it has withheld from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a federally funded news organization that provides independent reporting in countries with limited press freedom,” the New York Times reports.
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