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BREAKING NEWS: Lake fires nearly all remaining VOA staff. VOA journalists suing the administration over the dismantling of the agency say, “We find Lake’s continued attacks on our agency abhorrent.” | Read the full statement by the plaintiffs.

Voice of America silenced for the first time in 83 years

On March 14, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that effectively began dismantling the Voice of America. For the first time in its 83-year history, VOA is not reporting the news to its worldwide audience of more than 350 million people. The website and social media sites have not been updated since mid-March. Radio stations that use VOA programming have gone dark. And broadcasters that run VOA television programs are airing a loop of the American flag and the VOA logo. Learn more

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Press Freedom

In authoritarian countries, the silencing of VOA is deafening

President Trump’s executive order succeeded in doing what authoritarian leaders had tried to do for decades: silence VOA.

Measuring the loss of VOA around the world

A look at how VOA’s output has declined since the Trump administration shut down most of the organization.

Fact Check

Lake’s attack on Voice of America

Read an annotated fact check of Kari Lake’s prepared remarks to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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Headlines

Trump officials move to fire most Voice of America journalists

The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency. (The New York Times | August 30, 2025)

Judge blocks Trump’s firing of the head of Voice of America (The New York Times - August 28, 2025)
Kari Lake defends VOA cuts in court after warnings from Capitol Hill (The Washington Post - August 14, 2025)
Kari Lake’s attempt to deport her own employees (The Atlantic - August 12, 2025)
Voice of America director says Trump officials are illegally ousting him (NPR - August 6, 2025)
VOA director fired after declining reassignment to low-level post (The Washington Post - August 4, 2025)
Joseph McCarthy’s war on Voice of America (Columbia Journalism Review - August 4, 2025)

Editorials

America surrenders in the global information wars (The Atlantic)Kari Lake’s accusations about VOA and China are bad for the country (The Washington Post)

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