Overview

• Kari Lake, senior adviser at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has unveiled a partnership with One America News (OAN) to supply content for Voice of America (VOA) and other U.S.-funded broadcasters.
• The partnership comes as VOA operates with a reduced workforce under a phased resumption following court injunctions against its dismantlement by the Trump administration.
• OAN, known for promoting unsubstantiated claims about the 2020 election and COVID-19, will provide its newsfeed services free of charge, which Lake frames as a taxpayer benefit.
• VOA journalists have criticized the move, arguing that outsourcing to a partisan outlet violates the VOA Charter's mandate for independent and nonpartisan reporting.
• Legal battles over the restructuring continue, with sidelined VOA staff pursuing lawsuits to challenge the outsourcing and advocate for adherence to the network’s original mission.