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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A judge threatens to hold a Trump official in contempt over the silencing of Voice of America.

Judge Royce C. Lamberth in Washington

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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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Judge Orders Trump Officials to Restore Funding for Radio Free Europe

In a stern ruling, the judge rebuked the Trump administration for refusing to disburse funding that Congress had already approved.

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Judge Blocks Trump Effort to End Treatment for Transgender Inmates

The Bureau of Prisons must provide hormone treatment for inmates with gender dysphoria while a lawsuit proceeds, despite an executive order to the contrary, a federal judge ordered.

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Judge Orders Trump Officials to Disburse Funding for Radio Free Europe

The news organization relies almost exclusively on congressional funding, which the Trump administration has held up for weeks.

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Trump Officials Have Not Funded Radio Free Europe, Despite Court Order

The delay in disbursement has forced the news organization, which relies almost exclusively on congressional funding, to furlough some of its staff and cut parts of its programming.

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Push to Shut Down Radio Free Europe

The judge’s temporary restraining order will allow the federally funded broadcaster to stay open at least until March 28.

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Federal Judge Shields More Transgender Inmates From Trump Order

A group of transgender women in federal prisons who would have been moved into men’s facilities can stay where they are for now.

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