Monday, March 16, 2026

Trump nominates new head of VOA's parent agency after court ruling against Kari Lake

 
President Donald Trump nominated a senior State Department official on Thursday for the top post at the U.S. Agency for Global Media after a federal judge ruled that Kari Lake's leadership violated federal law.

Trump nominated Sarah Rogers, the undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, less than a week after U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ordered that all actions Lake took as acting CEO from July 31 to Nov. 19 be considered void, including an Aug. 29 reduction-in-force that eliminated jobs for more than 500 employees at Voice of America and elsewhere within USAGM.

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