Md. Delegation Vows to Fight FBI’s Move to New DC Location ‘with Every Tool We Have’
- The FBI revealed plans to shift its headquarters from the J. Edgar Hoover Building to the Ronald Reagan Building, located a few blocks away in downtown Washington, D.C.
- This change overrides the Biden administration’s 2023 plans to build a new FBI campus in Greenbelt, Maryland, reflecting a shift in priorities after the presidential administration changed.
- Maryland officials, including Gov. Wes Moore and Prince George's County Executive Aisha Braveboy, condemned the move and vowed to explore legal options to prevent it.
- FBI Director Kash Patel called the move "a historic moment," saying it ushers in a new era with a safer workplace, while Senators Kaine and Warner criticized it as a hasty and improvised approach.
- The relocation concludes years of debate over the FBI’s new site, reduces costs for taxpayers, and could influence how federal agencies plan future projects, although Maryland officials vowed to oppose the decision by leveraging all available resources.
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FBI moving headquarters, top Trump official confirms
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel confirmed on Tuesday that the agency will be closing its headquarters at the J. Edgar Hoover Building and opening a new headquarters at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. In a memo obtained by Fox News, Patel told FBI employees, “Team, the FBI Headquarters will be moving down the street to the Ronald Reagan Building, and the Hoover building will …
Kash Patel Declares “Historic Moment” as FBI HQ Moves
FBI Director Kash Patel announced on July 1, 2025, that the bureau will relocate its headquarters from the crumbling J. Edgar Hoover Building to the nearby Ronald Reagan Building complex in downtown Washington, D.C. The decision, declared a “historic moment,” reverses the Biden-era plan to shift the agency out to suburban Greenbelt, Maryland. Patel highlighted major safety concerns and deferred maintenance at the Hoover Building, pointing to dec…
‘We won it': Prince George's County not giving up on FBI headquarters
Elected officials in Prince George’s County say they will fight the Trump administration’s decision not to move FBI headquarters to Greenbelt — a move Congress approved in 2023. The administration wants to keep headquarters in D.C., moving the agency out of the dilapidated J. Edgar Hoover Building and into the Ronald Reagan Building, which houses U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other agencies. The Greenbelt site was selected during the Bi…
FBI leaving iconic Hoover Building, scuttling plans for move to Maryland
The FBI is vacating its longtime headquarters, the iconic J. Edgar Hoover Building, for a new home in downtown Washington. The move to the nearby Ronald Reagan Building scuttles plans to relocate the bureau to suburban Maryland. The decision ends years of political jockeying over where to locate the nation’s most prominent federal law enforcement agency. Lawmakers from Maryland and Virginia promoted competing sites, and President Donald Trump on…
Md. delegation vows to fight FBI’s move to new DC location ‘with every tool we have’
President Donald Trump’s administration’s announcement that the new FBI headquarters will be in D.C. instead of in Greenbelt was a blow to Maryland, which had lobbied to be the bureau’s next home. But the state’s elected leaders are not giving up and vowed to fight the move “with every tool we have.” “We are looking at all avenues that we can use in order to prevent this,” Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy said, adding they were ex…
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