Kari Lake guts Voice of America as U.S. reporters face threats abroad
Summary
Kari Lake, a senior adviser, announced major job cuts at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which runs the Voice of America and other networks. She laid off 639 employees as part of a workforce reduction totaling 1,400 positions. This move affected Voice of America, a network sharing news to countries with strict governments since World War II.Key Facts
- Kari Lake is a senior adviser at the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
- 1,400 positions, or 85% of the workforce, have been cut from the agency.
- Voice of America is the main network affected by these layoffs.
- Voice of America has provided news to countries under tight government control since World War II.
- A presidential order in March led to these staffing cuts.
- Some employees called back last month have received layoff notices again.
- Three Voice of America employees sued over concerns of losing 83 years of journalistic work that supports democracy.
- Several lawsuits have been filed against Lake and the Trump administration over these cuts.
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