'Looting our country': DOGE slammed for trying to grab agency’s $500M building

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent think tank funded by Congress, is among the many agencies that is clashing with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — the Elon Musk-led group that is coordinating with the Trump Administration in its push for mass layoffs of federal workers. Most USIP employees received termination notices, and at one point, employees refused to let DOGE staffers through their front door.

Moreover, USIP is fighting DOGE and the Trump Administration in court.