Voice of America employees sue Trump administration over shuttered US-funded news outlets

The Voice of America building in Washington

By Dietrich Knauth

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Voice of America employees, journalists and unions sued the Trump administration in New York on Friday, saying that the shutdown of U.S.-funded news agencies violated the workers’ First Amendment right to journalistic freedom.

(Reporting by Dietrich Knauth; Editing by Leslie Adler)