U.S. Institute of Peace staff receive termination notices, CBS reports
- The Trump administration fired nearly the entire staff of the U.S. Institute of Peace on Friday, impacting between 200 and 300 employees, according to multiple reports.
- All terminated employees received notices via email, with some offered severance packages and one month of health insurance if they waived their right to sue the institute.
- White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly stated that the institute has largely failed to deliver peace, and taxpayers do not want to spend $50 million per year on it.
- A former employee described the firings as typical of the Department of Government Efficiency's methods, reflecting their focus on eliminating bloat.
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Late-Night Mass Firing Guts Another DC Institution
Most employees at the US Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded think tank now taken over by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency , have received email notices of their mass firing, the AP reports. The emails, sent to personal accounts because most staff members had lost access to...
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