The Wall Street Journal published on 13 July 2025 an article titled "China Gets More Airtime Around the World as Voice of America Signs Off" by Aruna Viswanatha, Alexandra Wexler, and Clarence Leong.
Media time slots in foreign countries once used by the Voice of America are, in some cases, now being allocated to official Chinese media outlets.
The New York Times published on 24 June 2025 an article titled "As U.S. Dismantles Voice of America, Rival Powers Hope to Fill the Void" by Tiffany Hsu.
As the Voice of American and its affiliated networks such as Radio Free Asia shut down at the request of the Trump administration, Russian networks such as RT and Sputnik and Chinese such as Global Times, Xinhua News Agency, and China Global Television Network are filling the void.
Rolling Stone published on 8 May 2025 an article titled "Voice of America Will Be Fed OAN's Far-right Coverage, Says Trump Admin" by Charisma Madarang.
Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for governor of Arizona who serves as the senior advisor of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), was put in charge of dismantling the Voice of America (VOA).
She announced that the right-wing One America News (OAN) will provide newsfeed services free-of-charge to USAGM networks including VOA, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, and Radio Marti. Fewer than 20 of more than 1,300 VOA personnel were permitted to enter their place of work earlier this week.
The Washington Post published on 9 May 2025 a commentary titled "It Has Come to This: The U.S. Will Broadcast One America News" by Marc Fisher.
The author concludes that the Trump administration is "going to replace the journalism of Voice of America with the slanted sycophancy of One America News," which "seems like a step into a disinformation abyss."
Comment: VOA has effectively been silenced, and the administration seems to want to shut it down entirely. It is not clear who will put the OAN feed on the air and even less clear who will bother to listen to it.
The Hill published on 22 April 2025 an article titled "Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Voice of America" by Ella Lee.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Voice of America and affiliated news services was likely unlawful and said they could restore service and bring back their employees.
The Washington Post posted on 9 April 2025 an article titled "Kari Lake to Be Detailed to State Department to Dismantle VOA Parent Agency" by Sarah Ellison and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez.
Defeated Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake signed on to run the Voice of America in the Trump administration. DOGE opted to shut down the agency. Lake has been detailed to the State Department to dismantle it and its parent, the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
The American Security Project published on 21 March 2025 a commentary titled "The United States Is Deliberately Sabotaging Its Image Abroad by Gutting USAGM" by Matthew Wallin.
The services under the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) such as the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and Radio Free Europe reach more than 400 million people worldwide. The Trump administration decision to gut USAGM will only cede the information space to Russia, China, and Iran.
Foreign Policy published on 26 March 2025 a commentary titled "We Need the Voice of America Now More than Ever" by Jeanne Shaheen, Democratic Senator from New Hampshire.
The Voice of America and its affiliated services such as Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia have been a front line of defense for the United States in opposition to the firehose of misinformation from our adversaries. This is the time to strengthen these services, not abolish them.
The New York Times published on 22 March 2025 an article titled "How Elon Musk's DOGE Cuts Leave a Vacuum That China Can Fill" by David E. Sanger.
The Trump administration is moving to shut down a number of government agencies including Radio Free Asia and the Voice of America, which has the Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrating. The mouthpiece of the CPC crowed that the Voice of America "has now been discarded by its own government like a dirty rag."
The Wall Street Journal published on 18 March 2025 an article titled "Defunding Voice of America Is a Win for China and Iran" by William A. Galston.
The Trump administration is in the process of gutting the US Agency for Global Media which controls the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, and several other broadcasting services. This is another case where Elon Musk has no understanding of the facts or importance of these media services to US foreign policy.
