Judge Rules Trump Takeover of Nonprofit A €Œgross Usurpation of Powerâ€


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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's takeover of the US Institute of Peace was illegal.

The ruling marks an important victory for nonprofit independence and a blow to the administration's efforts to impose its ideological agenda on the nonprofit sector.

After Trump removed the nonprofit's appointed board members, the remaining ex officio board members replaced USIP acting president George Moose with a Department of Government Efficiency staffer.

DOGE fired nearly all of USIP's staff, took over its computer systems and other resources.

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