The announcement came despite a federal judge's ruling that acting CEO Kari Lake could not fire VOA director Michael Abramowitz. The job losses will also hit outlets such as Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia. https://p.dw.com/p/4zkk3 Voice of America sign that reads 'A Free Press Matters' Voice of America employees are suing the Trump administration over their job lossesImage: Annabelle Gordon/Sipa USA/picture alliance ADVERTISEMENT More than 500 employees at the agency that runs Voice of America and other US government-funded international broadcasters will lose their jobs, a Trump administration official announced. Kari Lake, the acting CEO of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), took to the X social media platform to announce further job cuts for VOA. "The US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has initiated what is known as a reduction in force (RIF) of a large number of its full-time federal employees," Lake wrote on X. "I look forward to taking additional steps in the coming months to improve the functioning of a very broken agency and make sure America's voice is heard abroad where it matters most." Show additional content? This content is part of the text you are currently reading. The provider X / Twitter provides this content and may collect your usage data directly when you click “Show content”. Always show content from X / Twitter. The move comes despite a federal judge stopping Lake from firing Michael Abramowitz as VOA director, saying his removal would be "plainly contrary to law." Furthermore, earlier in the week, US District Judge Royce Lamberth also separately ruled President Donald Trump's administration had yet to show it was complying with orders to restore VOA's operations. His order on Monday gave the administration "one final opportunity, short of a contempt trial" to comply and ordered Lake sit for a deposition by lawyers for agency employees by September 15. A group of agency employees who have sued to block VOA's elimination condemned the latest move by Lake. "We find Lake's continued attacks on our agency abhorrent,” they said in a statement. "We are looking forward to her deposition to hear whether her plan to dismantle VOA was done with the rigorous review process that Congress requires." Europeans worried over Trump's cuts to public broadcasters