Voice of America journalists argued in a lawsuit that the administration’s actions violated their First Amendment rights.

A federal judge has halted the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Voice of America, the eight-decade-old U.S. government-funded international news service.

In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, Michael Abramowitz sued Kari Lake and Victor Morales, who have been presiding over the placement of nearly all of VOA’s 1,300 employees on administrative leave and the termination of contractors’ agreements for 500 others.