US EditionTrump Is Cutting 500-Plus Jobs at Voice of America and Its Parent Agency Despite Court Ruling
The layoffs follow a court ruling blocking VOA director's removal and aim to reduce bureaucracy, leaving about 100 staff amid ongoing legal disputes over the agency's future.
- Kari Lake, acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, announced the layoff of 532 Voice of America employees on Friday evening.
- The U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth had blocked Lake's attempt to remove VOA Director Michael Abramowitz the day before the layoffs were disclosed.
- Lake stated that these job cuts would help reduce federal bureaucracy and improve the agency's operations, emphasizing a need for efficiency.
- Employees affected by the layoffs voiced strong objections, claiming they were given only 30 days before losing their pay and benefits.
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Trump Admin Seeks To Fire VOA Journalists On Mass Scale
The Trump administration has taken a dramatic swing at Voice of America (VOA), moving to cut nearly 500 of its employees. For an outlet born in World War II to fight Nazi propaganda and later transformed into one of America’s biggest global broadcasters. It’s a stunning shake-up.The move comes as part of President Trump’s push to trim what the White House brands a “radical” operation. Kari Lake, acting CEO of VOA’s parent agency USAGM, defended …
Trump officials move to fire most Voice of America journalists - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Friday moved to lay off nearly all of the remaining staff at Voice of America, setting up a potential battle with a federal judge who had blocked attempts to restructure the federally funded news network.
Agency moving ahead with media job cuts
WASHINGTON — The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters will eliminate jobs for more than 500 employees, a Trump administration official said. The move could ratchet up a monthslong legal challenge over the news outlets'…
Voice of America to Cut 500 Employees, Kari Lake Announces
The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), on Aug. 30, announced a plan to cut 532 Voice of America employees. “Tonight, the U.S. Agency for Global Media initiated what is known as a reduction in force, or RIF, of a large number of its full-time federal employees,” Kari Lake, USAGM’s acting CEO, said in a press statement she shared on X. Lake said President Donald Trump had directed the reduction in force at Voice of America, a U.S. government-sp…
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