Federal judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America [View all]
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Tuesday to block the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the 83-year-old international news service created by Congress.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that the administration illegally required Voice of America to cease operations for the first time since its World War II-era inception.
Attorneys for Voice of America employees and contractors asked the judge to restore its ability to broadcast at the same level before President Donald Trump moved to slash its funding. Lamberth mostly agreed, ordering the administration to restore Voice of America and two of the independent broadcast networks operated by the U.S. Agency for Global Media — Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks — until the lawsuits are settled.
The judge denied the request for two other independent networks, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Open Technology Fund.
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and REBECCA BOONE
Updated 4:58 PM EDT, April 22, 2025
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/voice-of-america-trump-f30c48df0c16de622ec5fd99ee6c627c
Source: The Wrap
Voice of America Ordered to Be Restored After Judge Blocks Trump’s Cuts
A federal judge says the president’s cuts to the U.S. Agency for Global Media were a “straightforward display of arbitrary and capricious actions”
Sean Burch
April 22, 2025 @ 3:18 PM
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump Administration’s push to cut Voice of America and other government-funded news services.
Judge Royce Lamberth said the Trump Administration had “no method or approach” to shut down the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the VOA’s parent agency; he ordered the USAGM to restore employment to hundreds of staffers who had been placed on leave and to continue operating as before.
“It is hard to fathom a more straightforward display of arbitrary and capricious actions than the Defendants’ actions here,” the judge said on Tuesday.
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Read more: https://www.thewrap.com/voice-of-america-restored-judge-blocks-trump/
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