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Before Donald Trump’s administration suspended – and subsequently resumed – American military aid to Ukraine, it had announced its intention to cut 90% of United States Agency for International Development (USAid) foreign aid contracts. These funding cuts will endanger life around the world, including in Ukraine.

Of all the contradictions and ironies of Donald Trump’s second presidency so far, perhaps the most surprising has been his shutting down the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for being “radical propaganda”.

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

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".

European Union government ministers are discussing ways to keep the pro-democracy media outlet afloat after the Trump administration stopped its grants over the weekend.

European Union government ministers are debating ways to keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the Trump administration stopped grants to the pro-democracy media outlet over the weekend

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".

Kaja Kallas says the bloc cannot automatically fill the gap left by the US

Dissidents resisting authoritarian regimes should be independent of the United States—and so should their media sources.

President Trump's administration has cut off funding for Voice of America, Radio Liberty and other pro-democracy media that broadcast to undemocratic states.