The $500 million headquarters building of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) may transfer to the General Services Administration (GSA) at no charge, according to court documents. Magazine WIRED reported on details of the recently filed lawsuit related to the independent think tank that has been the center of a hotly contested battle between the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and former staffers.

US district judge Beryl Howell effectively allowed the transfer of the headquarters building in a decision Tuesday, according to WIRED. The building is in a prime D.C. location near the Potomac River and the National Mall.

Tensions at USIP have been building since the Trump administration fired the agency’s 10 voting board members in March. USIP staffers then denied DOGE representatives access to the building until they could gain entrance using a physical key from a former security contractor, said WIRED. Kenneth Jackson, a State Department official, assumed the role of acting president of USIP, and most staffers have now been terminated.

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