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Judge orders Voice of America staff to return after Kari Lake rebuke.

March 24, 2026
Judge orders Voice of America staff to return after Kari Lake rebuke.
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In a stunning turn of events, a federal judge has dealt a major blow to the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Voice of America, ordering the network's 1,042 full-time employees who had been put on leave to return to work by Monday. But the drama is far from over, as the judge's ruling has sparked a heated backlash from the agency's embattled leader, Kari Lake.

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