Judge orders restoration of Voice of America against recent Trump order

The federal judge ordered renewal Voice of America (VOA) is a state media network on Tuesday that funded allies that the White House dismantled earlier this spring.

Judge Royce Lamberth ruled in favor of the prosecutor’s request for a preliminary ban, although Trump’s administration was allowed to complain about the decision.

The prosecutors asked the court to “cancel the commands by placing about 1300 VOA employees on administrative leave” and to “cancel the termination of the contract with about 500 personal services contractors (PSC) with VOA, stop demonstration of VOA -EI returns the VOA -EI capacity management.”

President Donald Trump He rambrified the news agency to the executive order (EO) in March, claiming that Voa promoted biased reporting.

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The federal judge ordered the reconstruction of the American voice (VOA) on Tuesday after Trump dismantled the agency. (Getty Images)

“Unknown components and functions of the following government entities are eliminated to the maximum in accordance with the applicable law, and such entities will reduce the performance of their legal functions and associated staff with the minimum presence and function required by law,” the EO states.

Eo also dismantled the VOA registration company, the United States of the Global Media Agency, as well as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

“The voice of America has not been in step with America for years. It has been serving as a voice of radical America and has been pushing propaganda division for years,” a senior white house for Fox News Digital said at the time.

The Logotype of the Voice of America (VOA) appears on a mobile phone with an American voice visible in the background on this illustration of photography in Brussels, Belgium, March 16, 2025. (Jonathan Raa/Nurphoto via Getty Images)

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March 22 VOA employees filed a lawsuit against Trump administration And Lake Kariwhich serves as a special advisor to the United States Agency for Global Media.

“In many parts of the world, the key source of objective news has disappeared, and only censorship newspaper media sponsored by the state remain to fill in the void,” the lawsuit said.

Kari Lake, the election of US President Donald Trump to lead the voice of America (VOA), speaks at a conference of conservative political action (CPAC) at the Hotel and Congress Center GayLord National Resort 21 February 2025. In Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

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“The second Trump administration took a chainsaw into an agency as a whole in an attempt to close it completely,” the suit said.

Emma Colton and Hanna Panreck were contributed by Emma Colton and Hanna Panreck.