US Judge Halts Trump's Move to Fire Voice of America Staff

US Judge Halts Trump's Move to Fire Voice of America Staff

The judge described the Trump administration’s action to close Voice of America as a “typical example of an unjustified and whimsically made choice.” On Friday, a U.S. judge halted attempts by President Donald Trump’s administration to turn off Voice of America (VOA) , an internationally funded news organization supported by the U.S. The court described the action as a "prime example of an arbitrary and unfounded choice." In his ruling, Judge James Paul Oetken did not mandate the restart of broadcasts. Nevertheless, it effectively prevented the Trump administration from dismissing over 1,200 journalists, engineers, and other personnel who had been unexpectedly put on leave earlier that month. {getCard} $type={post} $title={You might like} Oetken’s directive prohibited the U.S. Agency for Global Media — responsible for overseeing entities like VOA and Radio Free Europe — from making “any further effort to terminate, reduce-in-force, place on leave, or furlough” s…