Hi, everybody, it's Cheryl Ackison. Welcome to another edition of Full Measure After Hours.

Today, tug of war, Trump wants to shut down a federal media agency.

The U.S. Agency for Global Media has been the subject of a tug of war ever since President

Trump named Carrie Lake to lead it and ultimately to shut it down.

At least that was the goal.

A judge recently ruled that mass layoffs and other actions to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media are void because the judge said Lake's initial

appointment didn't follow Senate confirmation requirements. Major decisions beside those mass layoffs

included restructuring efforts at Voice of America and some big cost-saving measures as well as anti-corruption moves.

The challenge to these things that Carrie Lake and President Trump wanted to do,

the challenge originated from a lawsuit brought by VOA journalists,

along with federal employee unions such as AFSC,

plus press freedom organizations who sought to

protect the agency as is and halt the dismantling attempts. They were part of the legal challenge as well.

All of this amid allegations that the organization had become politically biased, wasteful, and corrupted.

Now, the new head as a result of all of this is a woman named Sarah Rogers, with

Carrie Lake staying on as deputy CEO. It's unclear as of this recording whether Rogers will

try to re-implement the voided actions. It's just the latest effort

by Trump's opponents to use the courts to stop him from executing his agenda. No president has

ever faced such aggressive and persistent acts to obstruct nearly every item he and his supporters

want to be pursued.

Sunday, March 29th on full measure, I'm interviewing Carrie Lake, and I'll explain what the Agency for Global Media is exactly why it's in Trump's crosshairs and what makes his opponents

so anxious to preserve it.

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