Judge rules Kari Lake unlawfully ran US media agency, voiding mass layoffs

Trump picked Lake without Senate confirmation to run VOA parent agency in 2025 who cut over 1,000 jobs A federal judge ruled Saturday that Kari Lake unlawfully led the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for several months last year and voided mass layoffs and other actions taken during that period to dismantle the agency. The US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is an independent federal agency that oversees the Voice of America (VOA), the US’s largest and oldest international broadcaster, and pro