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Winning the information war by forfeit.

Workers at the esteemed news service say they’re being silenced by the president – but they’re vowing to fight back

Employees who may have to return home countries risk death or imprisonment at hands of authoritarian governments

Repressive regimes will fill the information void left by defunded news outlets like Voice of America, say media experts.

Trump also mentioned in the order that DOGE has already identified billions in "waste, fraud, and abuse" from these federal agencies.

Shutdown of US-funded news outlets ends more than 80 years of uncensored news broadcasts in China.

Communist Party mouthpiece says ‘almost every malicious falsehood about China has VOA’s fingerprints all over it’

President Donald Trump's decision to freeze US-funded media outlets, including Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Radio Free Europe, risks "benefitting adversaries", the EU has said. Meanwhile, countries like China and Cambodia praised the move, accusing the outlets of "biased" reporting and "fake news".

Beijing on Tuesday said media outlets facing the axe by US President Donald Trump had a "notorious" history of reporting on China, as Cambodia's autocratic former leader hailed the move for "combating fake news".