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The institute and many of its board members filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration soon after, and stop DOGE from taking over its operations. U.S. District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell’s opinion on Monday reversed DOGE’s actions.

Speaking after a short examination of the headquarters, Moose said all appeared to be in order.

鈥淲e just did a quick walk-through 鈥� externally, visibly, things look to be in pretty good shape,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 see anything, any destruction, if you will, no damage that I can see that is visible.鈥�

Moose, a former ambassador and career member of the U.S. Foreign Service, said a team of employees from human resources, technology and finance would be in the building Thursday getting the nonprofit ready to welcome back its workforce. He expected to bring back all the staff who want to return.

In an email Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly did not comment on workers returning to the building, but signaled that the administration may challenge the decision.

鈥淧resident Trump is right to reduce failed, useless entities like USIP to their statutory minimum, and the rogue judge鈥檚 attempt to impede on the separation of powers will not be the last say on the matter,鈥� she said.

The administration has 30 days after Monday’s ruling to file a notice of appeal.

Agencies across the federal government have been slashed or dismantled by Musk’s DOGE team. Wednesday鈥檚 low-key scene at the institute鈥檚 headquarters marked a rare moment when a DOGE-targeted agency or organization has been able to begin reestablishing itself.

The judge’s ruling said the Trump administration did not have authority to unilaterally dismantle the institute, which was established by Congress in 1984 as an independent organization that would promote peace and seek to end conflicts around the world. It was operating in more than two dozen conflict zones at the time Musk’s team took it over and shut it down.

The saga began when Trump issued an in February that targeted the institute and three other agencies for closure in an effort to deliver on campaign promises to shrink the size of the government. The first attempt by DOGE to take over the headquarters led to a standoff. Members of Musk鈥檚 DOGE group returned days later with the FBI and District of Columbia Metropolitan Police to help them gain entry.

DOGE installed new leadership, ordered a mass firing of nearly all the staff through their private emails, and handed over the institute’s headquarters to the General Services Administration.

The institute, concerned about liability and security of the building in the aftermath of the judge’s ruling, reached out to the government attorneys earlier this week and again on Wednesday. George Foote, the institute’s outside attorney, said the exchange was very smooth and orderly.

Moose said the goal now is to get back to the work the institute was created to do 40 years ago and 鈥減rojects, ideas that are, we believe, of interest to the American people.鈥�

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