US Institute of Peace Asks Court to Block Trump From Carving His Name Into the Building
The agency says the move would make the name change permanent after Trump’s name was bolted to the building last December.
- On Thursday, the United States Institute of Peace filed an emergency motion asking a federal court to block "plans to carve President Trump's name into the facade of the iconic USIP headquarters building."
- Last December, the State Department renamed the USIP "to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history," following President Trump's February 2025 executive order to dismantle the agency.
- Citing the Kennedy Center as a precedent, lawyers for the agency stated the administration is "unsatisfied with the relative impermanence of external lettering" and has "taken steps to prepare to carve" the name.
- While the agency maintains the building is "symbolic of USIP's independent mission," a Pew Research Center poll released in May found only 9 percent of Americans support Trump naming government buildings after himself.
- Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney noted that it is "NOT JUST THE KENNEDY CENTER" fighting off Trump's name, signaling a broader pattern of landmark disputes during his second term.
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Donald Trump Wants His Name on Another Building but There’s a Problem
The US Institute of Peace is racing to a federal appeals court to block President Donald Trump from permanently engraving his name on its Washington headquarters. They are escalating a legal fight over who controls the identity of an independent agency created by Congress four decades ago. US Institute of Peace asks court to stop […]
Trump wants his name carved into another historic Washington building — now a judge is being asked to stop him
Donald Trump’s name has barely been scrubbed from one Washington landmark, and now there’s another legal fight over putting it on a different one. Ousted board members of the U.S. Institute of Peace filed an emergency motion Thursday asking a federal judge to stop the Trump administration from carving the president’s name into the facade […]
US Institute of Peace asks court to block Trump from carving his name into the building
By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Another DC institution is fighting to stop President Donald Trump from permanently planting his name on the front of their building. The US Institute of Peace on Thursday asked a federal appeals court for emergency relief to prevent the administration from carving Trump’s name into the facade of its
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'Emergency' declared as Trump tries to carve his name on another major institution
The United States Institute of Peace has thrown a wrench in another effort by President Donald Trump to emblazon his name on a historic building.On Thursday, the USIP filed an emergency motion asking a judge to stop "plans to carve President Trump's name into the facade of the iconic USIP headquarte...
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