Trump Admin's Plans for $500 Million USIP Building May Violate Court Order, Say Former Workers

Trump Admin’s Plans for $500 Million USIP Building May Violate Court Order, Say Former Workers

Last year, the Trump administration and members of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) forcibly took over the US Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent nonprofit. Since then, the organization’s fired board and employees have been fighting to regain control of the USIP building in Washington, DC and for the reinstatement of their jobs in a drawn-out court battle. Now, in a letter sent to the Department of Justice (DOJ), re…

Trump Admin's Plans for $500 Million USIP Building May Violate Court Order, Say Former Workers

The State Department is poised to take over a building DOGE seized from the US Institute of Peace, former staffers claim—possibly for Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace.”