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“A Gross Usurpation of Power”: Federal Judge Reverses Trump’s Closure of U.S. Institute for Peace

HeadlineMay 22, 2025

In other news from D.C., officials from the U.S. Institute for Peace returned to their offices Wednesday, after a federal judge ruled the Trump administration engaged in a “gross usurpation of power” when it took over the independent institute earlier this year and ejected its leaders, as part of Elon Musk’s rampage against federal agencies. Judge Beryl Howell declared the White House takeover “null and void.”

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