This ends the employment of almost everyone at the USIP building on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. The employees who remain active may include senior officials who are expected to help shutter offices overseas, as well as some human resources officials, all of whom are expected to be ultimately terminated.

"Dear [Employee], this letter is to inform you of a change in your employment status with United State Institute of Peace (sic)," reads a copy of an email sent to one terminated employee and obtained by CBS News. "Effective March 28, 2025, your employment with us will conclude."

The Trump administration summarily fired the staff of the U.S. Institute of Peace late Friday night, less than two weeks after forcibly removing the congressionally funded organization’s president and installing in his place an agent of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service aimed at cutting the size of government.