Courts and Executive Power

Federal Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered the U.S. Agency for Global Media to restore 1,042 full‑time Voice of America employees and nullified nearly all Trump‑era moves to shutter VOA, finding Kari Lake and other officials acted arbitrarily and capriciously in cutting language services, canceling news contracts and reassigning the VOA director. The agency then named Newsmax news director Christopher Wallace as VOA deputy director, a move critics warn could invite editorial interference given his pro‑Trump background and a deputy job posting that flagged familiarity with threats to democratic institutions, including "election fraud."