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Voice of America silenced for the first time in 83 years

Since President Donald Trump issued his March 14 executive order that effectively began dismantling the Voice of America, the federally-funded broadcaster has lost almost all of its more than 360 million weekly global audience. Before the order, VOA produced nearly 2,400 hours of content each week across radio, television and digital — in 49 languages. Now, a skeleton crew is producing minimal content in just five languages. The quantity and quality of the content is a shadow of what it was. Nearly all VOA journalists have either been fired or placed on administrative leave. Learn more

Featured stories

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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.

Voices

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VOA journalists

Ambassadors and experts

Headlines

Congress agrees to fund Voice of America, bucking Trump shutdown order

The Trump administration has tried to eliminate funding for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VOA. Appropriators in Congress have had other ideas. (The Washington Post | January 13, 2026)

Trump to close Voice of America’s overseas offices and radio stations (The New York Times - December 2, 2025)
Trump blocked from gutting Voice of America collective bargaining rights (Courthouse News Service - November 14, 2025)
Under Trump, Voice of America is down but not out (The New York Times - October 26, 2025)
Voice of America stops all broadcasting after government shuts down (The New York Times - October 1, 2025)
Judge blocks Kari Lake from laying off over 500 Voice of America staffers (The Washington Post - September 29, 2025)
Kari Lake said she learned of Trump dismantling VOA the day of his order (The Washington Post - September 23, 2025)

Editorials

Trump’s closure of Voice of America is coming back to bite him (The Washington Post)Why the U.S. is losing the battle for hearts and minds (The Washington Post)

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