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VOA and other media employees are being sent home...
President Donald Trump's administration today began making deep cuts to the Voice of America and several media agencies run by the US government.
Multiple sources confirmed to CBS News that all full-time employees at the Voice of America were informed on Saturday that they should no longer report to work, as they were on paid leave.
On Friday night, shortly after Congress passed the latest funding bill, Trump directed his administration to reduce the functions of several agencies to the bare minimum required by law. This included the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which includes Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, and Radio Marti, which broadcasts Spanish-language news in Cuba.
On Saturday morning, Kari Lake, the U.S. Senate candidate whom Trump appointed as a senior adviser to the USAGM agency, posted on X that employees should check their email. This coincided with reports that Voice of America staff had been placed on paid administrative leave.
It is known that the emails sent instructed them not to enter their work premises and not to access internal systems.
The U.S. Agency for Global Media is an independent U.S. government agency that oversees media that broadcasts in nearly 50 languages and reaches 361 million people on a weekly basis.
The budget requested by this agency for fiscal year 2025 was $950 million to fund all operations and capital investments.
This includes media outlets such as Radio Free Europe, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Cuba Office (Radio Marti), Middle East Broadcasting Network, and the Open Technology Fund.
Throughout his first term, Trump - who has made a number of decisions to reduce government spending since he began his second term in January - has criticized USAGM regarding its editorial independence and the direction given to its programs. /Pamphlet
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