Trump signs order to cut staff at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded media organizations
CBSN
President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday began making deep cuts to Voice of America and other government-run, pro-democracy programming as the president continued his campaign to restructure government without congressional approval.
Multiple sources confirmed to CBS News that all full-time employees at Voice of America were informed Saturday that they have been placed on administrative leave.
On Friday night, shortly after Congress passed its latest funding bill, Trump directed his administration to reduce the functions of several agencies to the minimum required by law. That included the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which houses Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Asia and Radio Marti, which beams Spanish-language news into Cuba.
