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A federal judge ruled in favor of the Trump administration on Wednesday, after a government-funded nonprofit organization filed a lawsuit protecting itself from “ongoing destruction” from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
The U.S. Institute for Peace (USIP) filed a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Tuesday, claiming that DOGE had committed “literal trespass and takeover by force…of the Institute’s headquarters building on Constitution Avenue.”
The organization also accused the anti-waste initiative of “ongoing destruction of the Institute’s physical and electronic property.”
“Defendants have been and are at this minute engaged in conduct that will cause the Institute irreparable harm that will prevent the Institute from performing any of its lawful functions and is likely to utterly destroy it,” the lawsuit stated.
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The U.S. Institute for Peace’s temporary restraining order request against DOGE was denied by a judge on Wednesday, representing a win for Trump. (Getty Images/AP Images)
In a decision on Wednesday, Judge Beryl Howell motioned to deny the USIP’s request for a TRO.
“I think there is confusion in the complaint that make me uncomfortable,” Howell said.
“I would say I am very offended by how DOGE has operated in the Institute in treating American citizens…. but that concern about how this has gone down is not one that can sway me in the consideration of factors for TRO, which is emergency relief, which is exceptional,” she continued.
Howell, who was appointed as a senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2024, also said she was “particularly concerned about plaintiffs’ likelihood of success.”
“Two of the most important tests, likely to succeed on the merits and likely to suffer irreparable harm, are just a stretch here,” Howell added.
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