# Claim 42

VOA's programming to audiences abroad was interrupted as most staff were placed on administrative leave.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: VOA's programming to audiences abroad was interrupted as most staff were placed on administrative leave.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: VOA broadcasts disrupted; staff placed on leave
- About: [incident 2025-usagm-moves-to-shut-down-voice-of-america](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-usagm-moves-to-shut-down-voice-of-america)
- Source: Judge invalidates Trump administration's attempts to dismantle Voice of America. https://www.afge.org/article/judge-invalidates-trump-administrations-attempts-to-dismantle-voice-of-america/
- Publisher: American Federation of Government Employees
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2025-03-22

## Quotation from the source

> today's action will leave Voice of America unable to carry out its vital mission. That mission is especially critical today, when America's adversaries, like Iran, China, and Russia, are sinking billions of dollars into creating false narratives to discredit the United States.

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