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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

Defying a court order, Trump administration refuses to fund Radio Free Europe

The Trump administration has not distributed funding approved by Congress for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, even after a judge ordered that officials keep the network in operation, court filings reveal.

The network was initially established to set the record straight on propaganda emanating from the Soviet Union. It hasn’t received almost $12 million in funding for April from the federal agency overseeing the network, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, according to The New York Times.

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