Trump Admin Notifies Congress It Is Eliminating US Agency for Global Media

The Trump administration has notified Congress it plans to close the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). In a letter to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho), obtained by The Epoch Times, USAGM senior adviser Kari Lake wrote that President Donald Trump ordered in March that “the non-statutory components and functions of [the USAGM] shall be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” Lake added that “USAGM shall reduce the performance of its ‘statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law.'” She said senior agency leadership reviewed and approved the plan. They included General Counsel Royce Min, acting-Chief Executive Officer Victor Morales, and Chief Financial Officer Roman Napoli....