( October 1, 2026, 2:23 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A split District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 30 granted an emergency motion by U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and its board seeking to prevent federal government parties from allegedly “carrying out plans to carve President [Donald J.] Trump’s name into the façade of the iconic USIP headquarters building”; the motion was filed in a case in which the USIP parties are challenging Trump’s authority to have fired them in March 2025....