US EditionTrump Is Cutting 500-Plus Jobs at Voice of America and Its Parent Agency Despite Court Ruling
The layoffs follow a court ruling blocking VOA director's removal and aim to reduce bureaucracy, leaving about 100 staff amid ongoing legal disputes over the agency's future.
- The U.S. Agency for Global Media is cutting over 500 jobs from Voice of America, according to Kari Lake, the acting CEO.
- Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that the Trump administration did not comply with orders to restore VOA's operations before the job cuts were announced.
- A group suing the agency stated that affected employees have 30 days until their pay and benefits end.
- Lake asserted that the agency would continue to fulfill its mission despite the layoffs, aiming to improve its functions.
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Trump Admin Seeks To Fire VOA Journalists On Mass Scale
The Trump administration has taken a dramatic swing at Voice of America (VOA), moving to cut nearly 500 of its employees. For an outlet born in World War II to fight Nazi propaganda and later transformed into one of America’s biggest global broadcasters. It’s a stunning shake-up.The move comes as part of President Trump’s push to trim what the White House brands a “radical” operation. Kari Lake, acting CEO of VOA’s parent agency USAGM, defended …
Agency moving ahead with media job cuts
WASHINGTON — The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters will eliminate jobs for more than 500 employees, a Trump administration official said. The move could ratchet up a monthslong legal challenge over the news outlets'…
Voice of America to Cut 500 Employees, Kari Lake Announces
The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), on Aug. 30, announced a plan to cut 532 Voice of America employees. “Tonight, the U.S. Agency for Global Media initiated what is known as a reduction in force, or RIF, of a large number of its full-time federal employees,” Kari Lake, USAGM’s acting CEO, said in a press statement she shared on X. Lake said President Donald Trump had directed the reduction in force at Voice of America, a U.S. government-sp…
The agency that oversees the Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters is eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees, according to a Trump administration official. The bill could aggravate a month-long dispute over the future of the media. Kari Lake, interim executive director of the United States Agency for Global Media, announced the last round of job cuts on Friday night, a day after a federal judge prevented h…
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