{"id":2417538,"date":"2025-03-29T18:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T22:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-fires-nearly-all-employees-at-usip-headquarters-reports-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T18:46:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T22:46:24","slug":"trump-administration-fires-nearly-all-employees-at-usip-headquarters-reports-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-fires-nearly-all-employees-at-usip-headquarters-reports-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration fires nearly all employees at USIP headquarters: Reports &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-administration-fires-nearly-all-employees-at-usip-headquarters-reports-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2417538&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump management recently dismissed almost the entire staff of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) in washington, D.C. Reports indicate that between 200 and 300 employees received termination notices via email, which included offers of severance packages and a month of health insurance contingent on waiving thier right to sue. this mass firings event has been likened to a &#8220;Friday night massacre&#8221; by some employees. The firings follow a judge&#8217;s refusal to grant a restraining order requested by former USIP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"..., Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">board members<\/a>, who had been dismissed by President Trump as part of a broader overhaul of the institute, initiated through a previous executive order. The White House justified the dismissals by stating that USIP had failed its mission to promote peace and emphasized the administration\u2019s aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-joe-biden-should-scrap-crazy-infrastructure-bill-calls-for-spending-cuts\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: Joe Biden Should Scrap &#039;Crazy&#039; Infrastructure Bill, Calls for Spending Cuts\">cut government spending<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump administration fires nearly all employees at USIP headquarters: Reports<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2077361\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> fired nearly the entire staff of the U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, on Friday, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>The mass firings, in what anonymous employees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2025\/03\/29\/doge-usip-peace-institute-fired\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"characterized\">characterized<\/a> as a &ldquo;Friday night massacre&rdquo; to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, affected somewhere between 200 and 300 employees at the nonprofit organization, all of whom were offered severance packages and one month of health insurance if they waived their right to sue the institute.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3363379\/white-house-correspondents-association-cancels-comedian\/\">White House Correspondents&#8217; Association cancels comedian&#8217;s performance after White House criticism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3363353\/anti-musk-protest-tesla-takedown-global-day-of-action-after-violence-arrests\/\">Anti-Musk protesters hold &#8216;Tesla takedown global day of action&#8217; after violence prompts arrests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3363361\/scott-walker-behind-push-to-get-trump-musk-involved-wisconsin-supreme-court-race\/\">Former Gov. Scott Walker behind push to get Trump, Musk involved in WI Supreme Court race<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>All of the terminated employees received notice via email.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This letter is to inform you of a change in your employment status with United State [sic] Institute of Peace. Effective March 28, 2025, your employment with us will conclude,&rdquo;&nbsp;the email said, according to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The firings come after a judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3353669\/judge-denies-usip-restraining-order-against-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"denied \">denied<\/a> a request by former USIP board members for a restraining order against the Department of Government Efficiency as it sought to take over the organization. Those board members had been fired by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>USIP was already the target of a Feb. 19 executive order from Trump, after which it underwent an overhaul, including on its website.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-institute-of-peace-staff-termination-notices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"statement \">statement <\/a>to CBS News on Saturday addressing the firings, White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly pointed to the administration&rsquo;s goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">eliminating wasteful government spending<\/a>, saying USIP has largely failed in its mission to &ldquo;deliver peace.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Taxpayers don&rsquo;t want to spend $50 million per year on a publicly-funded &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-puts-sunbelt-states-georgia-north-carolina-arizona-in-play-poll-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris puts sunbelt states Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona in play: Poll - ... Examiner\">research institute&#038;rsquo<\/a>; that has failed to deliver peace. President Trump ended the era of forever wars and established peace in his first term, and he is carrying out his mandate to eliminate bloat and save taxpayer dollars,&rdquo; Kelly said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2077361\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2077361\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump administration dismisses most USIP staff, reports say<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2417539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/usip-mass-firings-doge.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4106,3634,52477],"class_list":["post-2417538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-administration","tag-trump","tag-usip"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/usip-mass-firings-doge.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2417538"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417542,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417538\/revisions\/2417542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2417539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2417538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2417538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2417538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}