US judge orders Trump administration to reopen Voice of America
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A US judge has ordered the Trump administration to reopen the Voice of America (VOA), ruling its closure was illegal. The order requires authorities to reinstate hundreds of journalists within one week. Donald Trump had issued an executive order to close the VOA, accusing it of left-wing bias, and appointed Kari Lake to head the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees VOA. Lake then sacked over 85% of the agency's employees, including more than 1,000 VOA staff. The judge ruled Lake lacked the authority to suspend the workforce because she was not confirmed by the Senate, and described the decision to sack the journalists as "arbitrary and capricious." The VOA, established during World War II to counter Nazi propaganda, broadcast in almost 50 languages before being wound down.
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