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VOA can play a crucial role in outreach to the Iranian people. But the White House should get serious about fixing its problems.

I recently had the privilege to interview Michael Pack, the director of Created Equal, a man who has not only made 15 feature films on a multitude of subjects, but was also senior vice president for television programming at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the first Senate confirmed CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media during the Trump Administration.

© Getty Images The United States has an image problem. Foreign publics have historically low approval of U.S. leadership and take a dim view of how the U.S. has handled the challenges of recent years — from the 2003 invasion of Iraq to the horrifically incompetent response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such unforced errors suggest that well before Trump, “soft power,” the appeal of America that has been a secret of our post-World War II success, was eroding. The image the U.S. has developed is in many ways well-earned. Four years of a demagogic reality star presidency, along with longer-te...

Thank you Justice Thomas for your unflinching bravery and all you’ve done to serve our nation.

Biden administration works to clean house of Trump appointees Battle lines are forming across Washington as the Biden administration grapples with how to handle dozens of Trump loyalists the former President installed after the election. Over the past two weeks, the new administration has made an effort to remove a number of Trump appointees across various government agencies and boards. While some have gone quietly, others have not, raising questions about the legal authority President Joe Biden holds in removing his predecessor’s appointees, and how successful he will be in rooting out pe...