A senior State Department official with a history of incendiary comments and who was fired as a speechwriter during President Trump’s first term has been appointed as acting leader of the U.S.

The United States Institute for Peace (USIP) board has appointed senior State Department official Darren Beattie, a right-wing ideologue with a history of inflammatory comments on women and minorities ...

Signage reading "No Trespassing" is seen on doorways to the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) building headquarters on March 18, 2025, in Washington. (Getty Images) ...

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Employees at the United States Institute of Peace were terminated for a second time by the Trump administration, after a federal court ruling last month paved the ...

The U.S. Institute of Peace is DOGE’s next target as it continues slashing the federal workforce and government spending. But its ‘private and protected status’ could insulate it.

USIP's suit stated that an "independent nonprofit corporation established by Congress" in the 1984 United States Institute of Peace Act, and that "Congress confirmed the Institute's status as 'an ...

(RNS) — Earlier this week (May 19), United States District Court Judge Beryl Howell ruled the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Institute of Peace were unlawful.

DOGE uncovers US Institute of Peace funding multiple terrorist organizations, paying private accountants to handle outside money, creating slush funds and more with YOUR tax money ...

FADEL: That's George Foote, a lawyer who represented the U.S. Institute of Peace before the takeover, which has now been ruled illegal. Thank you so much for your time. FOOTE: Thank you.

The complaint states that USIP is an "independent nonprofit corporation established by Congress" in the 1984 United States Institute of Peace Act, and that "Congress confirmed the Institute's ...

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's takeover of the United States Institute of Peace. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with lawyer George Foote about the future of the institute.