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FBI Director Kash Patel said in an interview with Fox Business that the FBI will leave its downtown D.C. headquarters. Mayor Bowser, Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Glenn Ivey shared reactions. News4’s Jessica Albert reports. The FBI will leave its D.C. headquarters and relocate 1,500 employees, Director Kash Patel said in an interview that aired Friday morning. Patel said the FBI will leave the J. Edgar Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue NW because of its condition. “This FBI is leaving the Hoover Building because this building is unsafe for our workforce,” he said on Fox Business. “We want the American...

The FBI Headquarters is leaving the J. Edgar Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C., according to the bureau’s director, Kash Patel. Patel, who made the announcement in a short clip Friday on Fox’s Mornings with Maria, called the building “unsafe for our workforce.” The move would transfer 1,500 employees to various locations across the country.

The entrance to the Republican Party of New Mexico’s headquarters was set on fire and defaced with graffiti in an alleged arson attack Sunday morning, authorities and Republican officials said. The Albuquerque Fire Department has opened an arson investigation after flames broke out at the site just before 6 a.m. near where anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement graffiti was discovered. The words ‘ICE = KKK’ were sprayed onto the side of the building in red paint, leading many GOP members to believe the fire was a politically motivated arson attack. “We are deeply relieved that no one was harmed in what...

Heavily armed police swarmed CIA headquarters in Virginia on Wednesday after a man with a gun reportedly started making threats outside. The suspect allegedly pulled out a gun and pointed it at the building in McLean on Wednesday morning, ABC7 reported, citing a law enforcement official. No shots were fired and no injuries have been reported so far, according to the official.

President Trump said he will stop the FBI’s plan to move out of its massive downtown Washington headquarters and relocate to suburban Maryland, pledging to keep the law enforcement agency in the nation’s capital. “We’re going to stop. We’re not going to let it happen,” Mr. Trump said in remarks Friday at the Department of Justice. The president condemned the plan to build a new FBI headquarters on a 61-acre plot near the Metro station in Greenbelt. He complained that the Greenbelt location was too far from the Justice Department’s headquarters and the bureau needs to remain downtown to help...

A group of Senate and House Democrats were blocked from entering the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday. The Democratic lawmakers, who are opposed to President Trump’s efforts to shut down the agency, left without incident after a brief exchange with security officials. The group, led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), were told the front office of the administrator of USAID was not available to meet. A select group of USAID employees with the front office administrator were in the office Monday, an official told lawmakers outside the doors, but were not free to...

The headquarters of the Republican National Committee were put on lockdown Wednesday morning. It was unclear exactly what caused the security alert, but one source told The Post: “It sounds like vials of blood were sent in a package and something broke open.” There were no immediate reports of any injuries. A Hazmat unit was on site at the Capitol Hill building.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said the U.S. Supreme Court should be moved to the Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters, after some conservative justices suggested being open to arguments in favor of presidential immunity from prosecution for former President Trump. “They’re politicians who are not even subject to popular election, unlike me,” Raskin said during his Thursday appearance on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut.” “They should move the Supreme Court over to the RNC headquarters because they’re acting like a bunch of partisan operatives.” Raskin’s assessment comes as D. John Sauer, the attorney representing Trump in Thursday’s arguments regarding the former president’s immunity,...

The fiscal 2024 funding package unveiled early Thursday would funnel $200 million toward the project to build a new FBI headquarters, a plan some House Republicans criticized and previously said should not get more funding. The General Services Administration last year picked Maryland as the home of the new FBI headquarters over Virginia, after a lengthy and high-profile competition over where the new facility would be built. Conservatives raised questions about that selection process and in general have expressed hostility toward the FBI this session, citing in part how the agency has handled politically sensitive investigations. The more than $1.2...

In a Saturday Town Hall in Laconia, New Hampshire, Florida Governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis called out former President Donald J. Trump for his post on Truth Social saying the FBI should stay in D.C. and be given a "new and spectacular building." SNIP>>>>> It appears that DeSantis is intent on bringing the necessary fire to his opponents ahead of the January 23 primary in the state. DeSantis was joined by Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who introduced him and gave his reasons why he endorses DeSantis for President. The rest of the Town Hall and the governor's response to...

Virginia lawmakers demanded a federal probe into the site selection for the new Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Last week, the General Service Administration issued a press release announcing that it had selected a location in Greenbelt, Maryland, as the home for the new FBI headquarters. According to the government agency, Greenbelt was "the best option for the FBI and the United States government because the site was the lowest cost to taxpayers, provided the greatest transportation access to FBI employees and visitors, and gave the government the most certainty on project delivery schedule." The...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden today ended two years of suspense by deciding that US Space Command’s headquarters will remain in Colorado Springs, Colo. — overturning the January 2021 decision by President Donald Trump to move it to Huntsville, Ala. Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs has been the preferred choice of the top military space brass ever since the basing process began way back in 2018. Trump’s decision was made over their concerns that moving SPACECOM from its current home (previously the home of Air Force Space Command) would needless delay its full operational capability. Biden, in the...

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday he will make the headquarters of his 2024 campaign at his longtime private residence of Wilmington, Delaware, because it is steeped in his “family values.” “My family’s values, my eternal optimism and my unwavering belief in the American middle class as our nation’s backbone comes from my home — from Delaware,” Biden said in a statement, Politico reports. “That’s why there is no better place for our reelection campaign to have its headquarters,” Biden further boasted as he unselfconsciously claimed to be so proud of his family and all they represent.

The GOP House can stop the project and rein in a runaway bureau. The federal government is proceeding with plans to build a new FBI headquarters complex twice the size of the Pentagon building. Riveted into the colossal new project are woke regulations to ensure that the FBI center will comply with diversity, equity, LGBTQ+, and climate change political goals. The plan, unveiled last September, has received little attention. For years the FBI has sought to vacate its present headquarters, a brutalist concrete bunker on stilts and occupying two city blocks between the White House and the Capitol. Plans for...

Twitter, Inc. has reportedly stopped paying rent at its San Francisco headquarters, and this could be part of Elon Musk's broader plan to slash costs within the social-platform company, according to The New York Times. Back in October, after Musk closed on the $44 billion purchase of Twitter, he reportedly began exploring ways to reduce the company's large monthly expenditures. Also, the Times reports that Twitter hasn't paid rent at the San Francisco headquarters, or any other satellite office around the world, since Musk's record-breaking purchase went through.

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Target Corporation, the eighth largest retailer in the United States, announced in an email to employees on Thursday that it will be leaving the City Center, its primary downtown Minneapolis location.Article by Jon Miltimore from FEE.Company officials cited improved remote work opportunities and less need for space as the drivers for the decision.“In just one year we’ve proven that we can drive incredible results, together, from our kitchens and basements and living rooms,” said Melissa Kremer, executive vice president and leader of Target’s human resources operations.Target, the largest employer in Minneapolis with some 8,500 corporate workers, says the 3,500 employees...

PHOENIX - A man who volunteered for the Arizona Democratic Party has been arrested for his involvement in setting the party headquarters on fire on July 24, police say. Matthew Egler, 29, has been accused of arson, and sources say he had worked for the party from 2016 to 2017, but had been banned for unspecified reasons. Egler told investigators he was upset about not being allowed to volunteer and set fire to the Democratc Party office in retaliation, according to court documents.

Arizona authorities are investigating a fire at the state Democratic Party headquarters in Phoenix that caused significant damage Friday morning. Flames and heavy smoke reportedly billowed out of the building around 1 a.m., with firefighters entering to search for anyone inside before dousing the blaze, The Arizona Republic reported. Nobody was inside the headquarters at the time, and the Phoenix fire and police departments are working together to determine the fire's cause. "At this point, it's too soon to tell" the extent of the damage, said Felecia Rotellini, chairwoman of the state Democratic Party. "The investigators are scheduled to be...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to win back Amazon by making calls to executives, including Jeff Bezos, according to The New York Times. Cuomo is upset with local politicians who had opposed the deal with Amazon. Amazon abandoned its plans to build half of its new headquarters in New York City earlier this month. Several local New York leaders will publish an open letter in the Times, asking Amazon to come back. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been pleading with Amazon executives, including CEO Jeff Bezos, to reconsider their decision to abandon plans to build a new...