Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building For Free

Photo: U.S. Institute of Peace – December 2012. Photo credit: U.S. Institute of Peace via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Brian Barrett. Wired – April 1, 2025.

On Tuesday, US district judge Beryl Howell effectively allowed the transfer of the headquarters building of the United States Institute of Peace to the General Services Administration. In fact, the building—and all of the property inside it—had already been transferred on Saturday, according to Howell’s ruling. “The deal is no longer merely ‘proposed’ but done,” […]

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