A federal appeals court on Tuesday paused a lower-court ruling that ordered the Trump administration to reinstate all full-time Voice of America reporters and support staff who were put on paid leave after President Trump moved to shutter the federally funded news agency.
The ruling, by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, will prevent about 1,000 Voice of America journalists from quickly returning to work. Voice of America’s parent organization, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, had been reinstating about 70 employees a week after the lower-court order earlier this month.
In a statement, the agency said that it was “encouraged” by the appeals court ruling, which it said would allow it to continue to “advance President Trump’s agenda without disruption as the legal process moves forward.”
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