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News Articles: voice of america

The Voice of America building, June 15, 2020, in Washington.

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Judge blocks Trump administration plans to dismantle Voice of America

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the federally funded overseas news outlet.

April 22, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
Staff at the government broadcaster Voice of America have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, which put nearly 900 employees on leave and froze funding last week.

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Voice of America staff sue Trump administration for shutting down network

Six Voice of America journalists and a director at its parent agency have sued the Trump administration, alleging its moves to shut down the U.S.-funded network are unconstitutional.

March 21, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
The Trump administration has put journalists at government-funded broadcasters, including Prague-based Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFERL), on leave on March 15 as it froze funding to them.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sues Trump administration over canceled contract

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a government-backed overseas broadcaster, sued the Trump administration in an attempt to get it to release funds appropriated by Congress.

March 19, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
President Trump's late-night decree Friday led to orders gutting the Voice of America and other U.S.-funded international broadcasters.

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'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks

Federal officials placed 1,300 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.

March 15, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Kari Lake, U.S. President Donald Trump's choice to lead Voice of America, is shown speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on Feb. 21, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

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A bane for tyrants abroad, U.S.-funded networks fear fate under Kari Lake

U.S.-funded international networks reach more than 420 million people in more than 100 countries each week. Some network leaders fear that Kari Lake intends to cancel all funding for them.

March 10, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on Feb. 25, 2025.

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Trump White House seeks tighter grip on message with new limits on press

In the White House briefing room Tuesday, the Trump administration announced its latest steps to tighten its grip on the message it sends out and the news coverage it receives.

February 26, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
President Trump says he wants L. Brent Bozell III, Founder and President of the Media Research Center, to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, or USAGM. In this 2016 photo, Bozell speaks during a "Climate Hustle" panel discussion at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC.

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Trump taps conservative media critic to lead global news agency

President Trump plans to nominate a conservative critic of the mainstream media, L. Brent Bozell III, to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America.

January 23, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Kari Lake, pictured at the Republican National Convention in July, is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Voice of America.

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Trump says Kari Lake will lead Voice of America. He attacked it during his first term

If successful, Trump's move would install a loyalist at the helm of the network. A U.S. judge found Trump appointees illegally violated Voice of America's journalistic independence in his first term.

December 12, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman and
  • David Folkenflik
A federal investigation found former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack (at right) repeatedly engaged in abuses of power and gross mismanagement. Pack, shown last year at a party with conservative politician and publisher Steve Forbes, sought to stamp out all hints of anti-Trump sentiment at the agency, the Voice of America, and other networks funded by the federal government.

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  • Politics

Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump's CEO over Voice of America

Investigators found Trump's appointee at the U.S. Agency for Global Media repeatedly abused his power. "It just takes one's breath away," says David Seide, a lawyer who represented whistleblowers.

May 23, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
U.S. Agency for Global Media General Counsel David Kligerman stands for a portrait in Washington, D.C, on Jan. 25. He was one of the six executives who faced retaliation under the agency's former CEO, Michael Pack.

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  • Politics

A Report Clears Federal Officials Who Were Suspended By A Trump Appointee Over VOA

The State Department inspector general says six executives at the U.S. Agency for Global Media were unfairly punished after they raised concerns about steps taken under Trump appointee Michael Pack.

July 10, 2021
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  • David Folkenflik
Former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack contracted with a private law firm to investigate his own staff, a task usually done by government specialists.

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  • Politics

Trump Appointee At VOA Parent Paid Law Firm Millions To Investigate His Own Staff

Trump appointee Michael Pack hoped to fire top executives who challenged him at the U.S. Agency for Global Media. When he couldn't, Pack paid a high-profile law firm millions to investigate them.

March 05, 2021
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  • David Folkenflik
Journalist Nabila Ganinda worked for Voice of America's Indonesian-language service for two years before the Trump administration rejected her visa extension. She is now back in Indonesia.

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  • Politics

Trump Official Cited Security To Kill Visas For VOA Staffers. Emails Say Otherwise

Under Trump, the agency over the Voice of America stopped granting requests for visa extensions for foreign journalists to reserve jobs for Americans. The agency had cited security concerns.

February 11, 2021
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  • David Folkenflik
Former CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media Michael Pack was appointed by President Trump. During his time with the agency, Pack waged ideological warfare on his own agency, targeting his executives and staffers with investigations.

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  • Politics

Trumpism At Voice Of America: Firings, Foosball And A Conspiracy Theory

Michael Pack's scandal-tarred tenure over Voice of America and its parent agency obscures the human toll of the ideological war he waged: executives fired, staff investigated, reputations shattered.

January 28, 2021
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  • David Folkenflik
The Biden administration is ousting Trump appointees at the Voice of America and its sister networks, which together reach 350 million people worldwide each week.

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  • Politics

Trump Ally At Voice of America Replaced By News Executive He Recently Demoted

The Biden White House has named Yolanda Lopez acting director of the Voice of America. She was demoted last week after a VOA reporter asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unwelcome questions.

January 22, 2021
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  • David Folkenflik
Trump appointee Michael Pack resigned as the head of the federal agency over the Voice of America and other broadcasters at President Biden's request.

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  • Politics

Defined By Scandal At Voice of America, CEO Resigns At Biden's Request

Michael Pack's record at the parent agency for the Voice of America includes charges of bias, firings, investigations and more. He called President Biden's request for him to resign a "partisan act."

January 21, 2021
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  • David Folkenflik
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