Judge orders more than 1,000 Voice of America employees to be reinstated via US news | The Guardian — Republican appointee rules attempts to shutter federal agency are illegal and mandates workers return by 23 March A Republican-appointed federal judge has ordered that more than 1,000 Voice of America (VOA) employees be reinstated after a Trump administration order effectively dismantled the radio network, triggering mass layoffs. In two separate rulings made Tuesday, the US district judge Royce Lamberth said that attempts to shut down operations of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), an ind

A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of over 1,000 Voice of America employees, ruling attempts to dismantle the agency were illegal.

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