Hundreds at Voice of America and parent agency to lose jobs
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More than 500 employees at the agency that runs Voice of America and other US government-funded international broadcasters will lose their jobs, a Trump administration official announced.
Kari Lake, the acting CEO of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), took to the X social media platform to announce further job cuts for VOA.
"The US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has initiated what is known as a reduction in force (RIF) of a large number of its full-time federal employees," Lake wrote on X.
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