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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Apr 22, 2025, 04:46 PM Apr 2025

Federal judge orders Trump administration to rehire all Voice of America and Radio Free Asia staff [View all]

Source: CBS News

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Federal judge orders Trump administration to rehire all Voice of America and Radio Free Asia staff

By Jacob Rosen, Kathryn Watson
April 22, 2025 / 3:46 PM EDT / CBS News

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to rehire all Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Network staff for now, and he said all congressional funding must resume to the outlets, which had been effectively shuttered by the administration.

D.C. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction on behalf of the plaintiff, VOA journalist Patsy Widakuswara and her colleagues, against Kari Lake, the acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. USAGM is supposed to be an independent federal agency overseeing public service media networks.

The judge instructed the defendants to take all necessary steps to return the employees and their contractors to their outlets, so they can "provide news which is consistently reliable and authoritative, accurate, objective and comprehensive." ... A preliminary injunction was not granted to Radio Free Europe because it filed a separate lawsuit.

Last month, the Trump administration placed all full-time employees and contractors with the government-funded Voice of America on administrative leave. In mid-March, President Trump signed an executive order aiming to make sweeping cuts at the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-judge-trump-order-voice-of-america/



Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

https://www.joemygod.com/2025/04/judge-orders-rehiring-of-all-voice-of-america-staff/

Judge Orders Rehiring Of All Voice Of America Staff
April 22, 2025

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And it's here too, which I had not seen before posting:

Tue Apr 22, 2025, 03:00 PM

Norm Eisen: BREAKING: we won! A federal judge has enjoined the administration's shut down of Voice of America

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220260897
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