( December 1, 2025, 2:36 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 26 denied a motion by U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and its board for partial vacatur of a stay pending appeal granted by the appellate court in June after a trial court issued a summary judgment ruling for the USIP parties and declared the removal of USIP’s board and staff “null and void.”...