A three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. has denied the White House’s attempt to stop an appeal against the firing of the director of the government-funded media organization Voice of America (VOA), Michael Abramowitz. Newsweek contacted the White House for comment by email after office hours. Why It Matters President Donald Trump’s effort to oust Abramowitz…
A federal judge on Wednesday essentially accused the Trump administration of ignoring his orders to restore Voice of America’s operations and explain clearly what it is doing with the government-run operation that provides news to other countries. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth of the District of Columbia gave the administration until Aug. 13 to explain…
His father was marched to a forest and killed, like so many victims of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Before he was led away, the father told his young son, Uon Chhin, to stand up and speak the truth, even if it might compromise his liberty. Decades later, Mr. Uon Chhin became a journalist during…
The first Hong Kong Sevens in the new Kai Tak Stadium was a success except for the rule that forbade outside food and drink to protect the concessionaires – who then ran out of, er, food and drink. Blackrock CEO Larry Fink recently wrote to shareholders that “nearly every client” and “nearly every leader” is…
Chinese state media is gloating about drastic budget cuts to Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, U.S. government-funded media outlets that have for decades drawn protests from Beijing over their coverage of human rights abuses in China. Voice of America and Radio Free Asia had long transmitted news into countries where access to accurate…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to slash Voice of America. The plan looks to largely dismantle the government-funded media outlet as well as programs like Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. “This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy that the President has determined are unnecessary,” reads…
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday seeking to dismantle seven additional federal agencies, including the one that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded media outlets around the world. Mr. Trump directed the heads of the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, to eliminate all functions…
Thanks to Elon Musk, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been effectively shut down. As a result, its global funding of ostensibly independent non-profits has been exposed. While many did valuable humanitarian work, some openly carried out influence operations and subversion against foreign governments. Such groups – not the least are those targeting…
President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s picking Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor and a Senate seat to head the congressionally funded broadcaster that provides independent news reporting around the world. Kari Lake was a television news anchor in Phoenix for nearly…
(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was picking Kari Lake, a former news anchor and a hardline Republican who failed to win an Arizona Senate seat last month, to be the director of U.S. government-funded media outlet Voice of America. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social site, said Lake will…