Eddie Rwema

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Split DC Circuit Blocks Court Orders Pausing Global Media Cuts The Trump administration can withhold funds from news networks supported by the US Agency for Global Media while it appeals court orders requiring it to disburse the cash, the DC Circuit said Saturday...

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The shuttering of Voice of America hurts our ability to explain ourselves The Voice of America is off the air for the first time in 83 years. The Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE did it. I understand the impetus behind DOGE. The U.S. is in peril of financial c…

On @thehill.com : "VOA’s foreign audiences must be puzzled as to why the VOA is no longer broadcasting to them. Some African listeners take national radio shutdowns as a telltale sign there has been a coup. Or perhaps, they might think, the U.S. no longer considers them worth reaching (...)"

‘Fight back’: journalist taking Trump administration to court calls for media to resist attacks Patsy Widakuswara, lead plaintiff in lawsuit fighting order to dismantle Voice of America, says US government is becoming more aggressive

On @theguardian.com : “I never in a million years thought I would have to fight for freedom of the press in the United States of America. And yet here we are,” says Patsy Widakuswara, VOA's White House bureau chief.
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We would love nothing more than to follow the White House pool rotation schedule and serve as President Trump's radio 📻 pooler this week, but sadly USAGM is still banning us from returning to work.
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Beyond the Reefs: the future of journalism with Reporters Without Borders In March 2025, former U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order dismantling the U.S. Agency for Global Media—an institution that oversaw Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and other vital outlets delivering independent news across some of the world’s most repressive regimes.

Four Radio Free Asia contributors are currently detained in Vietnam. In Russia and Myanmar, Voice of America journalists are behind bars. For these reporters, the shutdown isn’t a bureaucratic decision—it’s a life-threatening blow.

Jamie Foxx recovering after physical altercation at Beverly Hills restaurant | CNN Jamie Foxx is recovering after an incident at a restaurant during his birthday dinner Friday left him with stitches.

Jamie Foxx is recovering after an incident at a restaurant during his birthday dinner on Friday left him with injuries.

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