Radio Free Asia said on Friday it would shut down by the end of April if the courts did not prevent the Trump administration from cutting its funding.

About 75% of Radio Free Asia staff were placed on leave Friday, the result of funding cuts ordered by Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

The US Agency for Global Media didn’t have the authority to unilaterally stop funding Radio Free Asia, a lawsuit filed in federal court says.

The U.S. government-funded Radio Free Asia told hundreds of U.S.-based staff on Wednesday they will be put on unpaid leave from the end of this week after President Donald Trump's administration said it was terminating the outlet's funding.

One of the international broadcasters targeted for termination by President Donald Trump has been granted a reprieve by a federal judge.

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Kari Lake and the Trump administration from moving to defund Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth found

A federal judge has put a stop, for now, to Donald Trump ‘s effort to abolish Radio Free Europe /Radio Liberty, one of the U.S.-funded broadcasting entities targeted by a presidential executive order.

For the first time in 83 years, the storied Voice of America is being silenced,” Michael Abramowitz, the organization's director, said in a statement.