Saturday, October 3, 2026

Trump tried to dismantle Voice of America. Now the government is paying to rebuild it. - POLITICO

That includes reinstating canceled contracts, rehiring staff and buying new equipment — while paying 420 employees $3.2 million every two weeks to remain on leave, according to a new report by the State Department’s inspector general. The State Department and USAGM, an independent federal agency, share the same inspector general office… 

…The findings offer a view into how the DOGE-era push to slash the federal government to cut costs created new ones, and how haphazard cuts and ill-planned program terminations and location moves also hampered the agency’s mission… 

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/02/trump-tried-to-dismantle-voice-of-america-now-the-government-is-paying-to-rebuild-it-01104914


 

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