A man comes out of the Voice of America (VOA) building on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Trump administration is putting the home of Voice of America (VOA) up for possible sale, the latest in a series of high-profile buildings placed on a list for accelerated disposal, Bloomberg reported. With the headquarters on sale, nearly 600 contractors at VOA were terminated by the administration, signals continued efforts to dismantle the broadcaster, the New York Times reported.

According to the US General Services Administration's official website, the headquarters of VOA, formerly known as the Wilbur Cohen Federal Building, were put up for sale on Friday. The building also houses offices for the US Agency for Global Media (VOA's parent agency) and the Department of Health and Human Services, Bloomberg reported.

According to the US General Services Administration's website, the agency is responsible for promoting effective use of federal real property assets, as well as the disposal of real property that is no longer mission-critical to federal agencies, it calls its actions to "reduce the burden on the American taxpayer."

The sale of the VOA building could leave employees and contractors without a workplace, even if US Congress or the courts manage to reverse the Trump Administration's recent funding cuts, according to Bloomberg. Furthermore, the termination of over one-third of VOA's workforce primarily affected contractors, most of whom are now being forced to leave the US by the end of June as their visa status was tied to their employment at the outlet, The New York Times reported.

US president Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 14 to dismantle US federal agencies, including the US Agency for Global Media, which oversees the VOA. The next day, VOA director Michael Abramowitz confirmed via social media that he and "virtually the entire staff" of 1,300 had been placed on leave.

According to the New York Time, the Trump administration has since kept most of VOA's operations shuttered while restoring parts of its service. However, as of press time, the top stories on VOA's English-language homepage had not been updated since March 15.

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