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VOA journalists sued the Trump administration for shutting down the network, asking a federal court to restore the outlet that supplies news around the world.

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

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.

On March 14, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order that called for the dismantling of seven federal agencies “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” They ranged from the United States Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America, to the Minority Business Development Agency.

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’

Although Trump didn’t win the presidency three times, the journalist he bashed has won three Pulitzer prizes

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.