The judge also ordered the government to halt its efforts to shut down two other government-funded outlets, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

The Voice of America staff got a reprieve today, as a federal judge ruled that Trump administration must restore the government-run broadcaster along with other networks. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that there was an absence of “any analysis whatsoever” in the decision to shut down he U.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth has blocked Donald Trump's attempt to shut down Voice of America, an international radio station broadcast in 48 languages that was set up to counter Nazi propaganda during World War 2.