Royce Lamberth ordered the Trump administration to reinstate over 1,000 Voice of America employees following an illegal shutdown.The ruling mandates that the US Agency for Global Media present a plan within one week to restart broadcasting by late March.Kari Lake and other officials had unlawfully sidelined staff and suspended news services for 362 million people worldwide.Bureau chief
Patsy Widakuswara joined other plaintiffs in demanding the restoration of the agency's statutory independence.