- Title: Trump signs order to gut Voice of America, other agencies
- Date: 15th March 2025
- Summary: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES (MARCH 15, 2025) (REUTERS) MUTE VARIOUS DRONE FOOTAGE OF CHICAGO JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS LOCAL UNION 130 DYEING THE CHICAGO RIVER GREEN FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY (SOUNDBITE) (English) SARA OPPLE, CHICAGO RESIDENT, SAYING: “Me and my friends and different friends have been here many, many, many years and it's always, every single year it's exciting.
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- Keywords: Donald Trump Kari Lake VOA Voice of America
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- Country: US
- Topics: North America,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001911315032025RP1
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- Story Text: President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday (March 14) aimed at gutting the parent of U.S. government-funded media outlet Voice of America and six other federal agencies, his administration's latest step to shrink bureaucracy.
The order instructs the agencies - largely little-known entities including one that provides funding for museums and libraries and one tackling homelessness - to reduce their operations to the bare minimum mandated by the law. "This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy that the President has determined are unnecessary," the order, disclosed late on Friday, says.
Trump, who clashed with the Voice of America during his first term, picked former news anchor Kari Lake to be its director for his second. Lake, a staunch ally of the president, has often accused mainstream media of harboring anti-Trump bias.
VOA, an international media broadcaster that operates in more than 40 languages online and on radio and television, is overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media. The agency also funds Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia.
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