Trump announces Kari Lake will be next Voice of America director

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday night announced that former Arizona GOP Senate nominee Kari Lake will be the next director of the U.S. government's "Voice of America" (VOA) news agency.

Lake, who ran for Arizona governor in 2022 and the Senate in 2024, worked as a news anchor for more than two decades, the former president said. 

Trump said Lake will work alongside the next leader of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, who has not been announced so far. Both VOA and the global media agency receive funding from the U.S. government, and are accountable to Congress.

"I am pleased to announce that Kari Lake will serve as our next Director of the Voice of America," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. "She will be appointed by, and work closely with, our next head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, who I will announce soon, to ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY, unlike the lies spread by the Fake News Media."