Voice of America Stops All Broadcasting After Government Shuts Down

During past shutdowns, the federal news agency continued broadcasting to authoritarian countries, as it was considered essential to national security.

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Trump Officials Move to Fire Most Voice of America Journalists

The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency.

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Judge Blocks Trump’s Firing of the Head of Voice of America

The ruling is a setback to President Trump and Kari Lake, a Trump ally who has led efforts to shutter federally funded news networks.

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Judge Excoriates Trump Officials for Violations of Laws on Voice of America

The judge had ruled that the administration must restore news programming at Voice of America and has brought back only a fraction of the coverage it provided.

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Ex-Voice of America Employee Arrested and Charged With Threatening Marjorie Taylor Greene

Federal prosecutors accused the man of threatening to kill Ms. Greene, her staff, and their families, months before President Trump sought to dismantle the news agency.

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Trump Administration Rescinds Voice of America Layoffs After Errors in Notices

The errors in the layoff notices could have derailed President Trump’s effort to dismantle the news organization. The administration said it would attempt the layoffs again.

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Trump Urges Congress to ‘Kill’ Voice of America as Its Leader Defends Gutting It

In a heated hearing, Kari Lake, the Trump ally in charge of the federally funded international broadcasting network, called the media agency “a rotten piece of fish” that should be defunded.

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Hundreds of Federal Workers at Voice of America Receive Layoff Notices

The terminations are the latest attack on the federally funded news networks, including Voice of America.

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Voice of America Recalls Staff for Iranian Language News Service From Leave

Most of the staff of Voice of America, the federally funded news network, were put on administrative leave by the Trump administration in March.

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