Trump Signs Executive Order That Aims to Dismantle Seven Federal Agencies, Including VOA's Parent USAGM

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Trump signs order to gut Voice of America, other agencies

The order instructs the agencies — largely little-known entities including one that provides funding for museums and libraries and one tackling homelessness — to reduce their operations to the bare minimum mandated by the law. “This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy that the President has determined are unnecessary,” the order, disclosed late on Friday, says. Trump, who clashed with the Voice of America during his first term, picked former news anchor Kari Lake to be its director for his second. Lake, a staunch ally of the president, has often accused mainstream media of harboring anti-Trump bias. VOA, an international media broadcaster that operates in more than 40 languages online and on radio and television, is overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media. The agency also funds Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia.

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Trump signs executive order to cut size of 7 agencies, including one that oversees Voice of America

President Trump signed an executive order that is focused on reducing the size of seven federal agencies, including the one that oversees Voice of America, which is called the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). The other agencies include the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Minority Business Development Agency. The order directs the leaders of the agencies to maintain core functions that are legally required and reduce operations to the minimum that's required by law.

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Trump orders dismantling seven federal agencies including U.S. Agency for Global Media

President Trump signed an executive order directing the elimination of seven additional federal agencies responsible for jobs such as labor mediation and homelessness, funding state museums and libraries and overseeing government funding of news outlets around the world. The order, issued just before midnight Friday, directs the largely obscure agencies to “be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” It also orders the agency heads to “reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel.” Leaders of each entity must submit a report to the Office of Management and Budget confirming full compliance within seven days. “This order continues the reduction in the elements of the federal bureaucracy that the president has determined are unnecessary,” the order states.

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