A federal judge declared that the gutting of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the Trump administration was “unlawful.”
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell on Monday found that DOGE removing “USIP’s president, his replacement by officials affiliated with DOGE” and the termination of some USIP staff had been “effectuated by illegitimately-installed leaders” who didn’t have the legal authority, NBC News reported.
“In a drastic and abrupt change of course, within the first month of his second term, President Trump unilaterally decided that USIP is ‘unnecessary,’ issuing Executive Order 14217 (‘EO 14217’) § 1, 90 Fed. Reg. 10577, 10577 (Feb. 19, 2025), to this effect, and then his Administration rushed through actions, including removal of Board members, to reach the
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