Emergency motion filed over Trump’s name on Institute of Peace
The article reports that former board members of the U.S. Institute of Peace have filed an emergency motion to prevent President Donald Trump’s name from being engraved on the building. The State Department had renamed the institution in Washington after Trump in december 2025, initially adding his name in removable silver lettering. Currently, the administration plans to permanently engrave Trump’s name into the building’s facade. The ousted board members allege in their emergency petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the district of columbia Circuit that a contractor has already been chosen to carve Trump’s name into the headquarters on Constitution Avenue.
The U.S. Institute of Peace’s former board members filed an emergency motion Thursday to block President Donald Trump’s name from being engraved into the building.
The State Department renamed the institution in Washington after Trump in December 2025. At the time, the president’s name was added to the building’s exterior in removable silver lettering. The Trump administration is now looking to engrave the president’s name into the building’s facade, according to an emergency petition filed by ousted board members in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit this week, which alleged a contractor has already been selected to carve Trump’s name into the Constitution Avenue headquarters.
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