The layoffs amounted to over a third of the media organization’s staff, and came as the Trump administration put up for sale the federal building in Washington that houses the network.

Voice of America laid off nearly 600 employees Thursday as the Trump administration seeks to effectively dismantle the federally funded state media network—the administration’s latest move to reshape the media landscape in ways that benefit the White House.

Voice of America is once again feeling the heat. Nearly 600 contractors for VOA, the government-funded news network that has been the target of the Trump administration in recent months, received termination notices Thursday from its parent company,