In the anxious months of mid-2025, while the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE,
was dismantling USAID, fears mounted that another storied international affairs agency, the Peace Corps, would soon be on the chopping block.
DOGE officials arrived at the Peace Corps in April and, as they had with USAID, gained access to its Washington, D.C. headquarters and internal systems. They were also, around the same time, wreaking havoc at AmeriCorps, the domestic volunteer service agency.