Court blocks White House from firing Voice of America director

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the U.S. Agency for Global Media from firing Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz, upholding an earlier ruling ordering his reinstatement. The court rejected the government’s argument that the dispute belonged before a federal personnel board. Abramowitz welcomed the decision, though he will not immediately resume day-to-day operations at VOA.