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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Embarrassing loss for Trump and DOGE after judge orders Kari Lake’s Voice of America to bring back 1,000 fired workers

A federal judge has reversed Donald Trump’s attempt to dismantle state-funded international news broadcaster Voice of America, a target of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency and the president’s far-right ally Kari Lake.

Senior District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C, ordered the administration to return more than 1,000 workers who were placed on administrative leave last year.

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