The #Trump admin fired ~600 employees at #VoiceOfAmerica [#VOA], a federally funded #news network that provides #independent reporting to countries w/limited #FreePress.
The #layoffs targeted contractors, mostly #journalists but also administrative employees, & amounted to >⅓ of VOA’s staff. It signaled the Trump admin plans to continue to dismantle the broadcaster despite a COURT RULING that ORDERED the fed govt to maintain robust news programming at the network.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/us/politics/trump-voice-of-america-firings.html?smid=url-share