All full-time staff at Voice of America (VOA), the largest US government-funded international broadcaster, were informed Saturday that they had been placed on administrative leave. Crystal Thomas, human resources director at the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM),

The Trump administration on March 15 followed up a on an executive order signed a day earlier by President Donald Trump vowing to gut funding for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

More than 1,300 staff placed on administrative leave as White House accuses VOA of being anti-Trump, "radical" and "leftist".

National Australia Bank on Monday said Nathan Goonan has resigned as group chief financial officer amid other senior executive changes.

The job cuts are rooted in an Executive Order signed by President Trump on Friday that requires USAGM and other organizations to reduce their activities and employee count. This article, Layoffs hit 1,

President Trump directed his administration to reduce the functions of several agencies to the minimum required by law.

Broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is facing closure due to budget cuts by US President Donald Trump, the Prague-based station said on Saturday. RFE/RL's parent company, the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM),

Donald Trump is targeting the Voice of America and other U.S.-funded international broadcasting entities, as he signed an executive order on Friday to eliminate the functions of their oversight agency.