Voice of America may soon be up and running again.
A federal judge ordered that more than 1,000 employees working for government-run broadcasting entities, including VOA, be returned to work, reversing a key part of Trump administration efforts to dismantle the entities. U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth also set aside the suspension of broadcast operations.
The judge set a March 23 deadline for the employees to return.
Read the Voice of America ruling.
In March, 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VOA and other U.S. government broadcasting entities, to the minimum level required by statute.
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The president has long targeted Voice of America, and in second term has sought to sideline its operations. He tapped Kari Lake, a longtime loyalist, to serve as senior adviser and
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