Two prominent US-funded broadcasters, Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA), have launched lawsuits against Trump administration officials following controversial moves to terminate their government grants. The lawsuits follow a major legal victory by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which successfully overturned a similar funding cut, prompting fears of politically motivated interference in independent journalism.
These developments come in the wake of what has been dubbed 'Bloody Saturday', when multiple US Agency for Global Media (USAGM)-funded outlets were abruptly defunded in what Trump officials claimed was an effort to reduce federal bureaucracy. Critics, however, see it as a targeted attack on public-interest media.
