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‘Fight back’: journalist taking Trump administration to court calls for media to resist attacks

Patsy Widakuswara, lead plaintiff in lawsuit fighting order to dismantle Voice of America, says US government is becoming more aggressive

The Guardian - UK

DOJ says VOA can resume broadcasting: Reporters Without Borders

The US Justice Department has informed Voice of America its staff can resume programming next week after the broadcaster was shuttered by President Donald Trump in March, according to Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without borders and a VOA employee said Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

Court foils plan to reinstate more than 1,000 Voice of America employees

After an earlier ruling raised hopes of getting VoA back on air, an appeals court sided with the Trump administration

The Guardian - US

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‘A cocktail for a misinformed world’: why China and Russia are cheering Trump’s attacks on media

Today on World Press Freedom Day, there are warnings that US attempts to withdraw from promoting independent journalism will have far-reaching effects

The Guardian - UK

Perfect storm of tech bros, foreign interference and disinformation is an urgent threat to press freedom

Media freedom has long been essential to healthy democracy. It is the oxygen that fuels informed debate, exposes corruption and holds power to account. But around the world, that freedom is under sustained attack.

The Conversation

Valuation Office Agency to be scrapped in latest quango cull

The agency will be disbanded as a standalone division and the majority will be merged within HM Revenue & Customs by April next year.

Evening Standard

BBC launches satellite news channel in Myanmar after Trump silences VOA

Corporation responds to ‘urgent need’ following earthquake by taking over Voice of America’s former channel

The Guardian - UK

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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America

The administration of US President Donald Trump has been ordered to restore all Voice of America (VOA) staff and contractors to their jobs.

Euronews

US judge blocks Trump’s effort to shutter international news service

District judge orders US administration to restore the capacity of broadcaster shuttered over claims of ‘leftist bias’.

Al Jazeera

What would – and should – happen to the ABC under the next federal government?

Who could possibly argue with the idea that the ABC should be efficiently run and produce excellent programs?

The Conversation

You might be paying too much council tax. Here’s what to do about it

How to cut your council tax with little-known trick helping thousands

The Independent UK

How to cut your council tax with little-known trick helping thousands

Hundreds of thousands of households could be paying too much

The Independent UK

Meet the 20th-century media tycoon who would have parried Trump’s isolationist thrust—and not cowered in fear of retaliation

Magazine magnate Henry Luce pushed for internationalism and bemoaned the “moral and practical bankruptcy of any and all forms of isolationism.”

Fortune

Federal judge blocks Trump's efforts to dismantle Voice of America radio service

The White House called the service, which has existed since 1942, 'The Voice of Radical America' and said Trump’s order would 'ensure that taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda.'

Euronews

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International Business Times UK

US Government-Funded Media Sue Trump Officials Over 'Unconstitutional' Shutdown Orders

Voice of America and Radio Free Asia are suing Trump officials over the abrupt termination of their funding, calling the move unconstitutional and a threat to global press freedom.

The Independent UK

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

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

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The Conversation

Voice of America took jazz behind the Iron Curtain. Now, its demise signals the end of US soft power

Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has adopted a heavy-handed approach to cutting any perceived wasteful spending in the US government.

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.

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

Euronews

Trump's cuts to US-funded broadcasters a 'gift to autocracies', say media experts

Repressive regimes will fill the information void left by defunded news outlets like Voice of America, say media experts.

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.

Al Jazeera

Chinese state media revel in demise of Voice of America, Radio Free Asia

Shutdown of US-funded news outlets ends more than 80 years of uncensored news broadcasts in China.

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