The DOGE-affiliated acting president of the United States Institute of Peace, a Congressionally funded, independent think tank, has moved to transfer the agency’s $500 million headquarters ...

The firings come after a federal judge declined to block the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) group from taking control of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) earlier this ...

The remaining staff at USIP did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the mass firings and DOGE’s attempt to seize the nonprofit’s property. Regarding DOGE’s infiltration of ...

This ends the employment of almost everyone at the USIP building on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. The employees who remain active may include senior officials who are expected to help ...

President Trump signed an executive order in February aimed at dismantling the USIP. USIP has about 300 employees and a budget of roughly $55 million. The institute's mission is to promote ...

The Trump administration has reportedly fired a majority of employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) over the weekend, with termination letters landing in personal email accounts starting ...

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. Donald Trump will reportedly sign an executive order shutting down the ...

The firings come after a judge denied a request by former USIP board members for a restraining order against the Department of Government Efficiency as it sought to take over the organization.

In a Thursday ruling, U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell rejected the request by several former USIP board members, saying there was “confusion in the complaint on a number of levels.” ...