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Trump eyes US Institute of Peace, other federal boards for downsizing

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Axios
  • 20 Feb 2025 12:15
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Some of the institutes Trump is looking to shut down or downsize are being targeted on grounds that they are highly partisan, benefiting the Democratic party.

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  • President Donald Trump speaks at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute summit in Miami Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 (AP)
    President Donald Trump speaks at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute summit in Miami Beach, Florida, on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. (AP)

US President Trump is planning to sign an executive order on Wednesday to dissolve or significantly downsize several federal advisory committees including The Institute for Peace, the US African Development Foundation, the Presidential Management Fellows Program, the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, and others.

This order comes after Trump asserted on Tuesday night that he has direct authority over boards and commissions that are historically independent and designed by Congress to operate without daily oversight by the White House.

Trump has also required his Cabinet to submit a list of additional committees and boards to be terminated within 30 days, in a bid to diminish the number of agencies to the minimum required by law.

The Institute of Peace is being targeted partially because officials believe it's a very partisan agency due to its employees contributing to the Democratic Party.

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The Unions sued intending to pause the program, and US District Judge George O'Toole delayed it for six days before ruling that the unions do not have a legal standing to sue and the program and approving the plan.

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