Mora Namdar, an Iranian-American lawyer and salon owner, has been confirmed as Assistant Secretary of State for Consular ...

The Trump administration has been reallocating scarce federal resources to combating drug cartels (“narco-terrorists”), the ...

2025's most affecting films, films that function as cinematic obituaries, zero in on its most senseless deaths.

Almost no film has devastated me as much as Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab. In an age of ...

Buttressed by courts and support from some Republican lawmakers, federally funded newsrooms that President Trump has tried to eliminate have yet to be rendered obsolete. Buttressed by courts and ...

During past shutdowns, the federal news agency continued broadcasting to authoritarian countries, as it was considered essential to national security. By Minho Kim Reporting from Washington The Trump ...

U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth temporarily blocked the layoffs of more than 500 Voice of America employees, delivering a setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the United ...

The reversal of firings is the latest defeat that the Trump administration has incurred in its effort to close down the federal news organization. By Minho Kim Reporting from Washington A federal ...

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 25: Senior Advisor for the U.S. Agency for Global Media Kari Lake speaks during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing is ...

The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency. By Minho Kim Reporting from Washington The Trump ...

A federal judge ordered depositions for Kari Lake and two others regarding the shuttering of the Voice of America. The depositions aim to determine why the U.S. Agency for Global Media, overseen by ...