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Judge Orders Funds Restored for Radio Free Europe

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, JUL 18 – A federal judge ruled that USAGM unlawfully blocked RFE/RL's $153 million 2025 funding by imposing new grant conditions without good-faith negotiations, ensuring continued operations.

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“A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restore funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a federally funded newsroom that provides independent reporting in countries with limited press freedom, such as Russia, Iran and Afghanistan,” the New York Times reports.

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The judge reprimanded the Trump administration for refusing to disburse funds that Congress had already approved

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A District of Columbia judge has satisfied Radio Liberty's lawsuit against the US Global Media Agency (USAGM) over non-payment of funds allocated by Congress for the 2025 fiscal year.

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The U.S. Global Media Agency (USAGM) is required to transfer to Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe (RFE/RL) all remaining funds allocated by Congress for the 2025 fiscal year, a decision taken by the District Court of D.C., reports "Temporarily", one of the RFE/RL projects.

·Riga, Latvia
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Radio World broke the news in on Friday, July 18, 2025.
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