More than 1,300 staff placed on administrative leave as White House accuses VOA of being anti-Trump, “radical” and “leftist”.
More than 1,300 staff placed on administrative leave as White House accuses VOA of being anti-Trump, “radical” and “leftist”.
This is a month old. That’s not news anymore.
There is also a preliminary injuction against that shut down, from District Judge J. Paul Oetken on the 28th of March.
For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order is GRANTED. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pending the hearing and determination of Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, Defendants, and those acting in concert with them, are temporarily enjoined from taking any further actions to implement or effectuate the March 14, 2025 Executive Order entitled “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy” as to USAGM and the March 15, 2025 email issued to all VOA staff, or take any action to reduce Case 1:25-cv-02390-JPO Document 54 Filed 03/28/25 USAGM’s workforce (whether employees, contractors, or grantees), included but not limited to (…)