US Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Plan to Scrap FBI Headquarters Move to Maryland

Source: US News & World Report

“A federal judge on Monday blocked a ⁠Trump ⁠administration plan to relocate the new ⁠FBI headquarters to Washington, D.C., rather than in nearby Maryland, which had been picked in ​2023 to host the building. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang sided with the Democratic-led state of Maryland and Prince George’s County in ruling the ‌administration had unlawfully scrapped a plan ‌to construct a new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland, and diverted money approved by Congress for that project to an alternate ⁠location, the Ronald ⁠Reagan Building in Washington. The judge said the selection of Ronald Reagan Building violated ​measures passed by Congress in 2022 and 2023 that required the General Services Administration to pick from one of three short-listed sites outside of Washington.” (08/17/26)

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-08-17/us-judge-blocks-trump-administrations-plan-to-scrap-fbi-headquarters-move-to-maryland