Washington (USA), 30 September (LaPresse/AP) – District Judge Royce Lamberth of Washington, D.C. has agreed to temporarily suspend the Trump administration's plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, the government-funded broadcaster founded to counter Nazi propaganda during World War II. The judge ruled that the US Agency for Global Media cannot implement a staff reduction that eliminates 532 full-time civil service jobs. These employees represent the vast majority of the remaining staff. Kari Lake, the agency's interim chief executive, announced in late August that the job cuts would take effect today. But the judge's ruling preserves the status quo at the agency until he rules on the motion filed to block the staff reduction.
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