Kari Lake tapped for Jamaica ambassadorship amid USAGM turmoil

Kari Lake, the Trump-era official who led a bid to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media, was nominated to be the United States’ ambassador to Jamaica. Her tenure at USAGM sparked legal battles, including a federal judge ruling her actions illegal and that she lacked proper authority to shut down the agency, and the post now awaits Senate confirmation as Jamaica has not had a permanent U.S. ambassador since Biden’s presidency.