President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reduce the operations of several federal agencies, including the parent of U.S. government-funded media outlet Voice of America. The order aims to eliminate unnecessary elements of the federal bureaucracy and instructs agencies to operate at the bare minimum required by law. Trump has clashed with VOA in the past and appointed former news anchor Kari Lake as its director, who has accused mainstream media of anti-Trump bias.
The order targets agencies such as the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VOA, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia. Other agencies affected include the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The order directs these agencies to eliminate operations not mandated by law and reduce personnel to the minimum required. This is part of Trump’s efforts to reshape the federal bureaucracy, with assistance from tech billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. These efforts have resulted in potential job cuts, frozen foreign aid, and program cancellations.
Critics, including some Republicans, have accused VOA of bias against conservatives, with Musk calling for its shutdown. However, Lake believes that VOA can be improved rather than completely dismantled. The order represents Trump’s ongoing efforts to reduce the size and scope of the federal government.
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