President Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at eliminating seven federal agencies, including media, libraries, museums and the ending homeless.
The president instructed the agency to “exclude to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law,” and insisted that it would “reduce the performance of personnel associated with statutory functions.” The heads of each entity have submitted a report to the Office of Management and Budget to confirm full compliance within seven days.
The president targeted the US Global Media Agency, the parent company of US Voice of America's (VOA), and the Woodrow Wilson International Scholars Center of the Smithsonian Association, a think tank, and the Museums and Library Services Institute, an institution supporting libraries, archives and museums in all states.
He also dismantled the US Council of Homelessness, federal mediation and mediation services, which aims to prevent and terminate homelessness in the United States. Federal mediation and mediation services focus on preventing, minimizing and resolving work suspensions and labor disputes.
In questions about the future of VOA, Trump led the outlet by choosing former Arizona governor and Senate candidate Lake Kali. Trump's allies said at a conservative political action conference last month that international national media broadcasters would not become “Trump TV” under her watch.
The president has not directly appointed VOA head, but Trump has nominated conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III to lead the US global media agency to make the decision. Bozel is confirmed by the Senate to take his post and then must choose the lake.
The US global media agency also directs Radio Free Asia, which is broadcast and published to Asian audiences and is seen as a way to combat regional Chinese propaganda.
The Trump administration is focusing on federal overhauls, with tech billionaire Elon Musk being tasked with finding ways to cut spending and workers. The work is met with court challenges. Federal judges in both Maryland and Northern California District Court issued an order Thursday halting mass layoffs.
The White House on Friday vowed to appeal a federal court ruling that called for the Trump administration to revive probation workers.
