The President-elect is installing the former news anchor who ran unsuccessfully for Senate and governor in Arizona as director of the congressionally funded broadcaster that provides independent news reporting around the world and that Trump has previously criticized for its coverage.

President-elect Donald Trump says he’s picking Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor and a Senate seat to head the congre

Trump is also considering three prominent Arizonans for roles at the DEA, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

President-elect Trump announced he is tapping Kari Lake, a former news anchor and staunch Trump supporter, to head the government-funded news outlet Voice of America. “I am pleased to announce that Kari Lake will serve as our next Director of the Voice of America,

Ms. Lake, a former TV news anchor turned right-wing firebrand who has called journalists “monsters,” would be in charge of a federally funded news outlet with a huge global audience.

President-elect Donald Trump announced that Kari Lake, a former news anchor and Arizona Senate candidate, would be the next director of the publicly funded Voice of America network. The update came amid several back-to-back appointments to his administration on Wednesday night,