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April 07, 2026
A coalition of journalists, federal employees and their unions has urged a D.C. federal judge to enforce an order requiring the Trump administration to share its plan for reinstating more than a thousand journalists and staff at Voice of America, arguing that the administration has "disregarded" its responsibility to do so.
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March 17, 2026
A D.C. federal judge Tuesday gave the Trump administration until March 23 to reinstate more than a thousand journalists and staff at Voice of America illegally laid off roughly a year ago, ruling that the government's moves to dismantle the program were arbitrary and capricious and contrary to Congress' intentions.
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March 12, 2026
President Donald Trump tapped a U.S. Department of State official to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media Thursday, one day after his administration told a Washington, D.C., federal judge that no one has been running the agency for months and that no succession plan is in place.
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March 09, 2026
The deputy CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media's decision to fire over 500 Voice of America employees is void, a D.C. federal court has ruled, finding that she lacked the authority to serve in the agency's acting CEO role when she instituted the layoffs.
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February 18, 2026
The deputy CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media did not have the authority to fire over 500 Voice of America employees, a coalition of journalists and federal employee unions has told a D.C. federal court, asking that their lawsuit challenging the terminations be allowed to proceed.
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February 09, 2026
A lawsuit challenging the termination of over 500 Voice of America employees should be dismissed, the U.S. Agency of Global Media told a D.C. federal court, because the deputy CEO of the government-owned broadcasting service was properly appointed when she ordered the layoffs.
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September 29, 2025
A D.C. federal judge on Monday blocked the planned termination of more than 500 U.S. Agency for Global Media employees, saying the layoffs would jeopardize the Trump administration's ability to comply with an April injunction ordering the government to fully restore Voice of America programming.
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September 19, 2025
The U.S. government agency that runs broadcaster Voice of America urged a D.C. federal judge not to hold that an order to fulfill its mandate as a news source blocks it from carrying out imminent layoffs, opposing an enforcement bid by unions and employees including VOA's director.
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August 25, 2025
A Washington, D.C., federal judge flirted Monday with finding U.S. Agency for Global Media acting CEO Kari Lake in contempt of an order blocking what workers allege is the dismantling of broadcasting service Voice of America, but instead ordered her and other officials to sit for expedited depositions.
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June 23, 2025
A D.C. federal judge on Monday signaled doubt that the Trump administration was obeying his order to keep Voice of America up and running while a coalition of journalists, unions and a reporter advocacy group sue to keep the news agency intact.