Overview
- The department announced the new name on X and installed signage on the Washington headquarters on December 3–4.
- The building is set to host a Rwanda–Democratic Republic of the Congo peace agreement signing linked to the administration’s diplomacy.
- A federal judge previously found the government’s armed seizure illegal, but that decision is on hold during the government’s appeal, allowing continued control of the site.
- The institute was created by Congress as an independent nonprofit that owns its headquarters, a status central to the dispute over control and branding.
- Former USIP leaders, via attorney George Foote, condemned the renaming, while White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly and Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended it and praised Trump’s peace record.