Washington, D.C. — In accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order dated March 14, 2025, titled Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), has completed a significant workforce reduction eliminating 1,400 positions — an 85% decrease in personnel since March.
“Today, we took decisive action to effectuate President Trump’s agenda to shrink the out-of-control federal bureaucracy,” said Kari Lake, Senior Advisor to USAGM. “Reduction in Force Termination Notices were sent to 639 employees at USAGM and Voice of America—part of a long-overdue effort to dismantle a bloated, unaccountable bureaucracy. For decades, American taxpayers have been forced to bankroll an agency that’s been riddled with dysfunction, bias, and waste. That ends now. I’m proud to carry out President Trump’s executive order and deliver that put America First.”
In March, Lake terminated a $250-million lease for a luxury high-rise on Pennsylvania Avenue—an extravagant deal forced on taxpayers by the previous administration for a building that had no media broadcasting capabilities or studios. Next week, she will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to expose the USAGM’s record of waste, mismanagement, self-dealing, and national security failures.
This action fulfills the President’s directive to eliminate all non-statutory functions and reduce USAGM to its statutory minimum. Senior career officials, with decades of federal experience, approved a statutory plan calling for 81 employees to remain.
After today, 250 employees remain across USAGM, Voice of America, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), which transmits news into Cuba from OCB’s Marathon, Florida studio. Contrary to false reporting, none of OCB’s 33 employees have been terminated.
Since February, USAGM extended two rounds of the “Road to Freedom” program—generously offering full pay through September 30, 2025, accrued leave, benefits, and early retirement options. 163 employees took advantage of the offer.
“The agency now operates near the statutory minimum; lean and focused. This is a clear example of responsible government—cutting waste, restoring accountability, and delivering on the promise to put American taxpayers first,” said Lake. “I look forward to working with Congress and the Department of State to make sure the future of telling America’s story is modernized, effective and aligns with America’s foreign policy.”
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The latest estimates is in countries that received USAID funds, or food, medicines, have over 400,000 deaths .
How Christian is that?
maga and doge are killing Americans, and the destitute poor in Africa and other countries.
Good!
Wow! They received aid and died. Just goes to show you it didn’t work.
Trump splooges all over Kari Lakes face once a week.
Save some for me Trump, sniveler
TWAT!!!!!
Trump Wins Again Today!!!!!
TACO TWAT forever!!!
Yes, this a winning slogan!!! You should definitely keep saying it!!
How’s your TWAT?
My rectum ready for action today after last weekend. My ass hole enjoying gay pride month, Gay Blade Sniveler
Jelly Roll can sit on my face, Sniveler
Hey Big Boy how about a butt hole bunker buster.
^^^Uh, everyone knows its you Anti.^^Anti, the frustrated homo.
^^^ Fake News ^^^
Another day at the shit hole sitting in my thrift store lazy boy chair watching the Giants lose again.
Kerri lake …. Sad Republicans have lost it
Speaking of lost it, I can’t believe we lost the Presidential election,and that was after spending ONE BILLION FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!! We didn’t win the House, we didn’t win the Senate, we didn’t win anything.
Oh yeah, as you said, the Republicans lost it?
Man, talking about a dumb son of a beach, that would be you and your corrupt politicians who’s only vision for America is DEI, transgenders, socialism, open borders, committing genocide against the Jewish, keeping America last.
Anti does kinda look like kerri lake from the back
He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore.
Make it make sense.
Covering the Elon Epstein admissions is not easy. Bombs away
Now Trump the pussy, draft dodger with bone spurs, with zero respect for the military is all for dropping bombs on Iran.
Make sense of how America let THAT happen.
I know a real PUSSY take lives on live oak ct.
Deport anti back to his homeless encampment. In Stockton. He is missing his real family
Hahahaha Hohohoho Hehehehe…,,,
Kari Lake, the definitive douchebag. Sad.
Donald taking a 400 million jet from the perpetrators of the attack on the World Trade Center. Interesting…
Any time you can use TWAT to describe Kari Lake you would be correct
JD Vance had Karl Lake spreadeagle on the Oval Office desk. Trump watched and beat his meat.