Overview
- Acting CEO Kari Lake informed Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart that USAGM will terminate funding for Szabad Europa, Radio Free Europe's Hungarian-language service.
- In her letter, Lake said the programming has undermined President Trump's foreign policy by opposing Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
- Lake stated the agency will end the use of federal money to develop or distribute content that targets NATO partners.
- In a Newsmax interview, Lake argued taxpayers should not fund a 'globalist' program critical of a NATO ally.
- The letter was posted publicly by former Voice of America correspondent Steve Herman, and Szabad Europa was launched in 2019.