Kari Lake hands Trump administration a legal loss in case over news funding

Donald Trump's administration experienced a self-inflicted legal loss after Kari Lake, special advisor to the federal parent agency overseeing Voice of America, moved to restore a grant for Radio Free Europe.

The news comes just a couple days after the international public broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty landed its initial legal victory over President Donald Trump when a federal judge temporarily restrained his administration from terminating its funding.

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Now, Lake has withdrawn the cancelation of Radio Free Europe’s grant, "seeking to end a legal standoff," according to Politico reporter Kyle Cheney.

"Plaintiff has secured the primary relief--withdrawing the termination of its grant agreement--that it requested in the complaint," attorneys for Lake wrote. "Now that Plaintiff has received that relief, Defendants' position is that this matter is now moot."