‘Dark day for truth’: Kari Lake slashes U.S. global media agency by 85%

Once a force was destroyed in the Cold War era of American diplomacy, the US Agency was destroyed by the International Instance of Trump Executive-which led to a reduction in 1,400 jobs, or 85 % of its operating power-in a step calling for Lake Carrie to beat taxpayers and warn critics of the death of freedom of the press.

Lake, the agency’s chief adviser, said the discounts fulfilled the directives of March 14 from President Donald Trump to reduce the federal workforce and eliminate unnecessary operations. Lake said on Friday: “This is a decisive action to reduce the federal bureaucracy outside control,” describing the “swelling, is not accountable” and is afflicted with “defects, bias and waste.”

Trump comrade advisor @Karilake Announces a collective termination at the US Agency for World Media ⤵

“Usagm is now working near the legal minimum; lean and focused. This is a clear example of the responsible government – waste permit, recovery of accountability, delivery … pic.twitter.com/mpo2yociof

Lake Carrie (@karilake) June 20, 2025

Only 250 employees remain via USAGM and their subsidiaries, including Voice of America, Radio Broadcasting Office and Free Radio. The last round included 639 layoffs, after previous acquisitions and retirement. No OCB employees have been completed, although employment was directed.

Lake also ended a $ 250 million lease contract for the media facility in Pennsylvania, which the agency says says the appropriate studio. It is scheduled to witness the Parliament’s Foreign Council next week regarding what the agency describes as years of “self -dealing and national security”.

However, journalists and journalists say that the step that is saying independent reports and undermines the credibility of the United States abroad. “This shows the death of 83 years of independent press,” said the head of the White House office of Patsey and Dakusura. Senator Jin Shaheen, DN.H, was called “a dark day of truth.”

A federal judge earlier prevented parts of the agency’s dismantling, describing the moves as “arbitrary and volatile.” Legal challenges are continuing.