United States President Donald Trump’s administration has begun laying off staff at Voice of America (VOA) after signing an executive order to place nearly all employees at the state-funded media network on leave.

The Trump administration on March 15 followed up a on an executive order signed a day earlier by President Donald Trump vowing to gut funding for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

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All full-time staff at Voice of America (VOA), the largest US government-funded international broadcaster, were informed Saturday that they had been placed on administrative leave. Crystal Thomas, human resources director at the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM),

The administration of US President Donald Trump has provided a list of claims against the Voice of America broadcaster, explaining its decision to cease funding for the network. Source: European Pravda,

United States President Donald Trump has ordered the dismantling of the government-funded news agency Voice of America (VOA), accusing it of promoting biased media reports, as reported by Fox News. "Voice of America has been out of step with America for years.

Journalists showed up at the Voice of America today to broadcast their programs only to be told they had been locked out: Federal officials had embarked on indefinite mass suspensions. All full-time staffers at the Voice of America and the Office for Cuba Broadcasting,

The White House raised several concerns about the work of Voice of America after funding was halted. Donald Trump’s administration stated that taxpayers would no longer be "on the hook for radical propaganda.