Judge Cancels Trumpâs Plans To Axe 532 Voice Of America Careers Overnight
On a Tuesday that was supposed to be more slash-and-burn than Season 12 of a reality TV show, Reagan-appointed Judge Royce Lamberth threw a legal Hail Mary stopping Kari Lake and the Trump gang from laying off 532 US Agency for Global Media employees. Instead of packing boxes, these Voice of America journalists got an April injunction citing the 'bare minimum' joke Lake pitched when she canceled a 15-year lease in March, insisting the agency needed a âfresh start.â The judge, clearly done with bureaucratic hide-and-seek, called out the administration for using up court time with its stunt-level obfuscation and warned itâs flirting with contempt â basically, 'play nice or get punished.' Meanwhile, White House reps pulled a classic mic drop by ghosting Axiosâ requests like itâs a bad Tinder date.
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When your plan to gut an agency looks like a badly scripted reality show, expect the Reagan judge to call your bluff and banned 532 layoffs like itâs an unfollow button for bad management.
Kari Lake canceled a 15-year lease like Netflix nuking old seasons, but the judge said, 'Not so fast, binge-watching layoffs paused.'
532 employees got spared because the courtâs patience ran out faster than Trumpâs promises on healthcare reform.
Source: Axios | Published: 9/30/2025 | Author: Rebecca Falconer
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