The Latest Breaking News from Michael Abramowitz

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from removing Michael Abramowitz as director of Voice of America

‘Under the law, I can only be removed from my position as director of VOA with the approval of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board. No such action has been taken,’ Michael Abramowitz told the USAGM last week.

President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday began making deep cuts to Voice of America and other government-run, pro-democracy programming, with the organization's director saying all VOA employees have been put on leave.

Kari Lake promised to be the media’s ‘worst nightmare.’ Now, she could be running an outlet that’s legally protected from political interference

The report, "Freedom in the World 2023," finds that the gap between the number of countries where freedom has improved and where it has declined is at its narrowest in 17 years.

More than a decade ago, scholars began pointing to a troubling global trend: a "democratic recession." Dozens of countries were drifting away from democracy toward authoritarianism.

I CAN’T imagine it’s a trip US president Joe Biden was looking forward to. I mean talk about having to square the circle in political terms.?