US EditionTrump nominates State official to replace Kari Lake at VOA parent agency
Sarah B. Rogers was nominated to lead USAGM after a judge invalidated Kari Lake's CEO appointment, with Michael Rigas serving as acting CEO amid a leadership void.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump nominated Sarah B. Rogers, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media and appointed Michael Rigas, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, as acting CEO.
- On Saturday, U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth ruled Lake's appointment invalid, voiding her actions including mass layoffs, as she was not a Senate-confirmed official per the Vacancies Act.
- VOA staffers welcomed the court submission but said they needed clarity on agency leadership as the three plaintiffs and attorneys for the government confirmed no acting CEO served before the new appointments.
- It is unclear if Sarah B. Rogers will keep her State Department role while leading USAGM, and the department has not clarified that point, with staff awaiting operational plans.
- On Thursday, the court ruled that Kari Lake, acting as de facto CEO, led USAGM in violation of law, reducing VOA to a shell; she remains deputy CEO.
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President Donald Trump nominated Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers to head the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which is a federal agency that oversees media such as Voice of America, after a federal judge determined that Kari Lake had been improperly acting as interim executive director of the agency. The president selected Rogers to become the executive director of the agency with Senate approval. If …
Trump Picks Replacement for Kari Lake at VOA Parent Agency After Judge’s Rebuke
Ross Franklin/APPresident Donald Trump nominated Sarah B. Rogers, a State Department official, to replace Kari Lake as head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media on Thursday, just days after a federal judge ruled that Lake had been running the agency illegally and nullified months of her efforts.“Lake satisfies the requirements of neither the statute nor the Constitution,” U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth wrote in a 17-page opinion on S…
Trump nominates State official to replace Kari Lake at VOA parent agency
President Trump has nominated Sarah B. Rogers, the undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, to lead the US Agency for Global Media. Rogers has been a vocal critic of European countries shaping laws to fight misinformation and disinformation online.
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