US EditionTrump signs order to cut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order that affects the U.S. Agency for Global Media and six other federal agencies to reduce their operations.
- The order requires these agencies to cut activities not mandated by law and minimize staff, with possible impacts on thousands of jobs.
- Kari Lake has been appointed to lead the Voice of America and expressed that while VOA could be improved, she would not respect its editorial independence.
- The order's legality could be challenged, as agencies like the U.S. Agency for Global Media were established by Congress and may argue against this executive decision.
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The Korea Times
Trump admin begins mass layoffs at Voice of America
President Donald Trump's administration on Sunday began mass layoffs at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded media, making clear its intent to gut outlets long seen as critical for U.S. influence.
Trump’s cuts to Voice of America imperil radio broadcasts into North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump has blocked the operations of the main government-funded outlets seeking to spread information to citizens living under repressive regimes, dealing a major blow to efforts to deliver news of the outside world to information-starved North Koreans. On Friday, Trump issued an executive order that drastically curtailed the operations of the United […]
Trump's Purges: Dismissals Start on Voice of America Radio, created during World War II
Several media employees broadcast around the world received a redundancies email from the US administration on Sunday 16 March. The agency that manages the broadcast channel was described as "unnecessary element of the federal bureaucracy".
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