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DOGE Loses Battle to Take Over USIP—and Its $500 Million Headquarters
A federal judge called DOGE’s actions at the United States Institute of Peace “unlawful.”
In a memorandum opinion, US district court judge Beryl Howell ruled in favor of the former institute board and staff who had sued to be reinstalled at the agency after DOGE affiliates forcibly removed them in March. “The purported removal of members of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace (“USIP”) … was unlawful,” Howell wrote in the order, “and therefore null, void, and without legal effect.” Court documents show that DOGE representative Nate Cavanaugh was put in charge of the agency the following Tuesday, March 25, and instructed to transfer USIP’s assets—including the headquarters building—to the DOGE-controlled General Services Administration at no cost.
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