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US Institute of Peace and ousted board members ask court to block Trump from carving his name into the building
CNN • • nation
Key Points:
- The US Institute of Peace and its former board members have filed an emergency appeal to stop the Trump administration from permanently carving President Donald Trump's name onto the institute's headquarters facade.
- Trump had the building renamed the Donald J. Trump US Institute of Peace last December after dismantling the agency, which was established by Congress in 1984 to resolve conflicts.
- Legal filings reveal the administration is preparing to engrave Trump's name on the building, with a contractor reportedly selected for the work, prompting the agency's urgent legal response.
- Concurrently, Trump is seeking to affix his name to the Kennedy Center, where a federal judge recently mandated a 30-day notice before any demolition or new construction, amid Trump's warnings about the center's condition.
- Trump's efforts to inscribe his name on federal landmarks during his second term have sparked significant public backlash and multiple lawsuits challenging these actions.
