/tags/voice-of-america voice of america en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Fri, 05 Mar 2021 12:25:02 GMT /news/2021-03-05/trump-appointee-at-voa-parent-paid-law-firm-millions-to-investigate-his-own-staff Trump appointee Michael Pack hoped to fire top executives who challenged him at the U.S. Agency for Global Media. When he couldn't, Pack paid a high-profile law firm millions to investigate them. Fri, 05 Mar 2021 12:25:02 GMT /news/2021-03-05/trump-appointee-at-voa-parent-paid-law-firm-millions-to-investigate-his-own-staff David Folkenflik /national-politics/2018-12-04/voice-of-america-vows-independence-as-trump-calls-for-worldwide-network VOA covers the U.S., warts and all. But is that enough for the president? VOA's director tells NPR it's protected by law, and if it's told to change, she'll respond, "Thank you for your input." Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:00:00 GMT /national-politics/2018-12-04/voice-of-america-vows-independence-as-trump-calls-for-worldwide-network Brian Naylor