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Trump freezes US-funded media outlets including Voice of America

A crew from Voice of America make a live report as they stand in a causeway leading to US President-elect Donald Trump's estate in Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach on December 13, 2024. [AFP]

President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday put journalists at Voice of America and other US-funded broadcasters on leave, abruptly freezing decades-old outlets long seen as critical to countering Russian and Chinese information offensives.

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