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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gary Fields

Judge bars Trump administration from shutting peace institute that sought to end violent conflicts

Trump DOGE Institute of Peace - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with its dismantling of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an organization taken over in March by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the think tank, which was created and funded by Congress to focus on resolving violent conflicts around the globe, was taken over illegally by DOGE through “blunt force, backed up by law enforcement officers from three separate local and federal agencies.”

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