DOGE’s U.S. Institute of Peace Takeover Runs Into a Brick Wall
The Trump administration’s effort to shove DOGE into the U.S. Institute of Peace kept generating the kind of institutional chaos that is usually a bad sign for a government trying to look “efficient.” By March 20, the fight had already produced a lawsuit, a standoff at the building, and public warnings that the executive branch had no obvious authority to treat an independent nonprofit created by Congress like a hostile acquisition target. The administration may have wanted to project toughness. Instead it looked like it was trying to muscle its way into a place that knew exactly what it was and exactly what the White House was attempting.
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DOGE’s U.S. Institute of Peace Takeover Runs Into a Brick Wall
The Trump administration’s effort to shove DOGE into the U.S. Institute of Peace kept generating the kind of institutional chaos that is usually a bad sign for a government trying to look “efficient.” By March 20, the fight had already produced a lawsuit, a standoff at the building, and public warnings that the executive branch had no obvious authority to treat an independent nonprofit created by Congress like a hostile acquisition target. The administration may have wanted to project toughness…
The Trump administration’s effort to shove DOGE into the U.S. Institute of Peace kept generating the kind of institutional chaos that is usually a bad sign for a government trying to look “efficient.” By March 20, the fight had already produced a lawsuit, a standoff at the building, and public warnings that the executive branch had no obvious authority to treat an independent nonprofit created by Congress like a hos…
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