( May 27, 2025, 12:49 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C.— The federal government filed an emergency motion in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 23 for an administrative stay and for a stay pending appeal following a trial court’s summary judgment ruling for the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and its board and staff in a case in which they challenged their removal at the direction of President Donald J. Trump and the transfer of USIP property to the General Services Administration (GSA)....