Trump administration The judge ruled on the government’s support after a stalemate between the judge and the Department of Government Department of Efficiency (DOGE) team, the US Peace Institute is taking the “right path” to implement the president’s executive action.
“The U.S. District Court ruling confirms that the president explicitly appoints and dismisses the board of directors to ensure that the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) is consistent with the Executive Directives,” Trump administration Officials told Fox News numbers Thursday after orders. “This decision strengthens the president’s commitment to accountability, transparency and effective governance.”
District Court Judge Beryl Howell denied Wednesday that USIP’s request approved a temporary restraining order that claimed Doge had committed “force … trespassing and taking over headquarters buildings on Constitution Avenue.”
The USIP lawsuit seeks “the immediate intervention of the court to prevent the defendant from completing the illegal demolition of the institute, inevitably undermining the plaintiff’s ability to enforce its important peace promotion and conflict resolution.”

The Trump administration said the U.S. Peace Institute is taking the “right path” to execute the president’s executive action after a judge ruled the office’s stalemate after a judge stalemate with the government’s efficiency department. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
The Peace Institute is an independent state institution funded by Congress, established in 1984 under the leadership of the Reagan administration to promote peace and diplomacy on the international stage. The Trump administration fired 11 of 14 board members after the government-funded office failed to comply with Trump’s executive orders since February, and the institute recently attacked national headlines with 11 members demanding that it be reduced to a statutory minimum.
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“President Trump signed an executive order to reduce USIP to a statutory minimum,” said White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly. “After the violation, 11 board members were legally removed and the rest were appointed Kenneth Jackson’s acting president.”

The Peace Institute is an independent state institution funded by Congress, established in 1984 under the leadership of the Reagan administration to promote peace and diplomacy on the international stage. (Getty Image)
The remaining board members include the Secretary of State Marco RubioDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Defense University president Peter Garvin fired the institute’s acting president and CEO on Friday.
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Moose is a Clinton era diplomat During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, he served as Secretary of State for African Affairs.
Jackson and a team of governors tried to enter the peace building in Washington, D.C. over the weekend but were turned down by the institute’s staff.

Police car outside the American Peace Institute in Washington, DC (Getty Image)
The standoff increased Monday as Jackson and the Governors tried to enter the building again, and Moos accused them of breaking into the building.
this Metropolitan Police Department It reportedly received a call from the U.S. Attorney’s Office about the ongoing incident and reported to the scene at about 4 p.m. that day.
“The MPD members met with the Acting USIP Chairman, who provided the MPD members with documents that he was Acting USIP Chairman and all the powers granted to the position by the USIP Board of Directors,” the police department said in a press release on Monday’s incident. “The Acting USIP President advised the MPD members that unauthorized persons inside the building refuse to leave and refuse to let him enter the facility.”
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“MPD members went to the USIP building and contacted individuals who allowed MPD members to be in the building,” the press release said. “Once entering the building, the acting USIP chairperson asked all unauthorized persons within the building to leave.”

George Moose, formerly George Moose of the American Academy of Peace, spoke with media members on March 17, 2025. (Getty Image)
Jackson was able to enter the building while police intervened. Police said Moose had no accidents left the building and had no arrests.
“Jackson legally appoints acting president, and USIP is now on the right path to fully comply with the President’s Feb. 19 executive order and fulfilling his responsibilities to the American people,” administration officials told Fox Digital on Thursday.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press conference Wednesday that staff had put obstacles on themselves in the building.
“The unanimous efforts among the rogue bureaucrats at the Institute of Peace were actually physically blocking themselves inside the building to prevent political appointments where the U.S. president works in the direction of the U.S. president to enter the building,” she said.

Reading “No Intrusion” sign was seen on the gate of the American Academy of Peace Architecture Headquarters on March 18, 2025 in Washington, DC (Getty Image)
“They also blocked the doors. They also banned telephone lines, internet connections and other IT infrastructure inside the building. They sent flyers inside, encouraged each other, and basically blocked these people from entering the building.” “It was bureaucratic resistance and they didn’t want to see the city change.” President Trump is elected Under the overwhelming empowerment of seeking change and implementing it. This is unacceptable behavior. ”
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A similar standoff occurred recently between Doge and the US African Development Foundation when bureaucrats banned the acting director of the US International Development Agency, Peter Marocco and the Doge member in the building. According to its website, the foundation is an independent government agency established by Congress in 1980 to support “African-owned and African-led businesses.”
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Ward Brehm, president of the US African Development Foundation, was fired by the government in mid-March,,,,, Subsequently, a lawsuit was filed against the Trump administration, demanding that the district court prohibit the government from dismissing him.
A federal judge denied Brem’s request. Marocco was appointed acting chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation of America.