Trump signs the order to cut personnel in Voice of America and other media organizations financed by the United States

The administration of President Donald Trump on Saturday began making deep cuts to Voice of America and another prodemocratic program administered by the Government while the president continued his campaign to restructure the government No approval of the Congress.

On Friday night, shortly after Congress approved its Last financing invoiceTrump ordered his administration to reduce the functions of several agencies to the minimum required by law. That included the United States media agency for global media, which houses Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Asia and Radio Marti, which transmits news in Spanish in Cuba.

On Saturday morning, Lake Kari, the failed governorship candidate and the United States Senate whom Trump appointed a main advisor of the agency, published in X that employees must consult their email. That coincided with the notices that came out to the staff of Voice of America with a paid administrative license.

The agency also sent notices to finish subsidies to Radio Free Asia and other programs administered by the agency. Voice of America transmits domestic news from the United States to other countries, often translated into local languages. Radio Free Asia, Europe and Marti Beam News in countries with authoritarian regimes in those regions such as China, North Korea and Russia.

Combined, the networks reach about 427 million people. They date back to the Cold War and are part of a network of organizations financed by the Government that attempt to extend the power of the United States and combat authoritarianism that includes USAID, another agency aimed at Trump.

The latest reductions are especially provocative because the Global Media Agency is an alrocant independent agency for Congress, which approved a law in 2020 that limits the power of executives appointed by the presence of the agency. Trump has already taken several movements to gut mandatory programs, establishing A possible confrontation of the Supreme Court On the limits of presidential power.

The Trump order that requires reductions also includes several other less known government agencies, such as the Woodrow Wilson Scholars International Center, a group of non -partisan experts, the Integential Council of the homeless people and the Institutions Fund Financies for Community Development.

The Trump administration has already done Several controversial movements With respect to Voice of America, including suspending a respected journalist who pointed out criticism of Trump and Cancel contracts That allowed VOA to use material from independent news organizations, such as Associated Press.

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Associated Press Matthew Lee writer at Washington contributed to this report.