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"Dark day for truth": Lake cuts US media

Critics say layoffs at Voice of America and others threaten press freedom and U.S. soft power abroad

Salon

Trump administration almost totally dismantles Voice of America with latest terminations

Terminations of 639 employees were announced at organization founded in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda

The Guardian - US

Kari Lake makes it official: Hundreds of Voice of America employees given pink slips

‘It spells the death of 83 years of independent journalism that upholds U.S. ideals of democracy and freedom around the world,’ VOA White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara said.

The Independent UK

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Congressional letter obtained by AP outlines drastic job cuts expected at Voice of America

Sharp job cuts at the state-run Voice of America are outlined in a letter to Congress that was obtained by The Associated Press

The Independent UK

Kari Lake sends firing plan to Congress that will leave Voice of America with only 18 employees

The US Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America and other state-run press organizations, will only have about 80 employees across the entire organization

The Independent UK

Pro-MAGA reporter fired after questioning why Pete Hegseth hides from the media

OAN president Charles Herring told The Independent that “we don’t comment on employee related issues” when asked to comment on the circumstances surrounding Gabrielle Cuccia’s termination

The Independent UK

Kari Lake brought back a skeleton crew to Voice of America. They’re ‘angry most of the time’

‘To me, it feels like emotional terror to ensure obedience,’ VOA White House bureau chief Patsy Widakuswara, who is on administrative leave, told The Independent

The Independent UK

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Trump administration fires nearly 600 contractors at Voice of America

Some workers at new network now face deportation as their visas are linked to their jobs

The Guardian - US

Embattled Voice of America to use newsfeed from hard-right network

One America News will now provide news and video to government-funded organization

The Guardian - US

Kari Lake announces partnership between far-right OAN and Voice of America to distribute pro-Trump message

‘Kari Lake providing One America News Network to our global audiences makes a mockery of the agency's history of independent non-partisan journalism,’ former USAGM Chief Financial Officer Grant Turner said in response

The Independent UK

‘Maduro did not close our bureau – Trump did’: Voice of America journalists speak out

Workers at the esteemed news service say they’re being silenced by the president – but they’re vowing to fight back

The Guardian - US

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

Delay in financing has forced the news organization to furlough some staff and cut some programs.

The Independent UK

DC's elites are partying like it's 1933

Some Democratic politicians are hanging out at a billionaire's private club alongside Trump Cabinet officials

Salon

Trump admin offers Voice of America employees buyouts as judge blocks it from being shut down

Just as a federal judge issued an order blocking the administration’s efforts to dismantle the broadcaster, U.S. Agency for Global Media staffers received an email offering them a renewed opportunity to sign up for the ‘Fork in the Road’ deferred resignation program

The Independent UK

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Latin Times

Kari Lake Mocks USAGM Workers Ahead Of Mass Firings: 'Check Your Email'

USAGM special adviser Kari Lake mocked agency employees on Friday anticipating mass layoffs

The Independent UK

Trump administration backs down in legal fight to shutter Radio Free Europe

Kari Lake’s decision to reinstate a grant to Radio Free Europe comes after a federal judge signaled that he would side with the broadcaster in its lawsuit against the administration

Latin Times

Kari Lake Faces Restraining Order As Judge Rules Cancelation of Funding For Radio Free Europe Is Unlawful

A federal judge issued a restraining order against Kari Lake and the Trump administration as it prevents the cancellation of funding for Radio Free Europe

Latin Times

VOA Journalist Sue Kari Lake, Trump Admin Over Outlet Shutdown: 'The Chilling Of First Amendment Speech'

VOA journalists sued the Trump administration for shutting down the network, asking a federal court to restore the outlet that supplies news around the world.

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The Guardian - US

Trump’s shuttering of global media agency endangers reporters, staff say

Employees who may have to return home countries risk death or imprisonment at hands of authoritarian governments

The Independent UK

Kari Lake takes jab at former opponent during chance run-in

‘How does it feel to be bought and paid for by the cartels?’ Lake asked Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego

Roll Call

Legal experts slam Trump's order gutting Wilson Center, other agencies

Legal experts predicted judges would block Donald Trump's order scaling back the Wilson Center and other congressionally chartered agencies.

International Business Times UK

'Bloody Saturday': Trump Shuts Down US Government-Funded Broadcasters, Sparking Free Press Fears

Trump also mentioned in the order that DOGE has already identified billions in "waste, fraud, and abuse" from these federal agencies.

The Independent UK

Voice of America journalists sound off on ‘betrayal’ after Trump dismantles broadcaster

‘A silencing of VOA will be celebrated by communists, autocrats and ayatollahs whose lies we shed light on,’ VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb tweeted over the weekend

Al Jazeera

‘Virtually’ all Voice of America staff put on leave after Trump order

Reporters Without Borders slammed the decision, saying it “threatens press freedom worldwide”.

International Business Times

Trump Freezes US-funded Media Outlets Including Voice Of America

President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday put journalists at Voice of America and other US-funded broadcasters on leave, abruptly freezing decades-old outlets long seen as critical to countering Russian and Chinese information offensives.

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