Federal judge blocks Voice of America mass terminations in scathing ruling against Lake

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth has blocked a new wave of terminations at Voice of America, offering harsh words for Kari Lake and saying the Trump administration’s conduct in his case would support civil contempt proceedings, if only the plaintiffs had asked.In the 19-page ruling, Judge Lamberth halted the mass reduction in force at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and issued a warning that cuts would "cement" VOA’s failure to meet legal obligations to provide reliable news.Lamberth’s list of failures included statutory violations involving VOA shutting down mandated language servi