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\"\"<\/a>A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) from cutting off funding<\/a> to Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty, citing a lack of proper justification. The ruling allows the network to continue operations while the legal case moves forward.<\/p>\n

Read the full story at NPR.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) from cutting off funding to Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty, citing a lack of proper justification. The ruling allows the network to continue operations while the legal case moves forward. Read the full story at NPR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,43],"tags":[1160,1528,1094],"class_list":["post-62456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-radio-free-europe","tag-radio-liberty","tag-rfe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gfm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62468,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/judge-sides-with-voa-journalists-in-legal-challenge\/","url_meta":{"origin":62456,"position":0},"title":"Judge Sides with VOA Journalists in Legal Challenge","author":"Thomas","date":"March 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking efforts by the Trump administration to shut down Voice of America (VOA) and other U.S.-funded international broadcasters. 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