U.S. Institute of Peace lays off most staff members
All but a small group of U.S. Institute of Peace employees received formal termination notices Friday evening, effective immediately, current and former employees told NBC News.
All but a small group of U.S. Institute of Peace employees received formal termination notices Friday evening, effective immediately, individuals familiar told NBC News.
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 shutter offices overseas, as well as some human resources officials, all of whom are expected to be ultimately terminated.
The move comes just weeks after U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell chastised members of the Department of Government Efficiency, which is led by tech mogul Elon Musk, for how it forcefully entered the USIP building with armed law enforcement officers earlier this month.
Howell’s comments came as she denied representatives of USIP a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration after several USIP staffers sued to stop DOGE from dismantling the group and to reinstate leaders in the organization who were removed and replaced.
In her denial of a temporary restraining order earlier this month, Howell noted that USIP is a “very complicated entity” because it is not a federal agency but rather a nonprofit organization funded by Congress.
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