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The FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover building in DC is closing permanently, Director Kash Patel says
WASHINGTON (WJLA) — The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) longtime headquarters at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in D.C. will “permanently” shutdown as the agency moves to the nearby Ronald Reagan Building, Director Kash Patel announced Friday.
Patel, in a statement, said plans to move the law enforcement agency from the aging property in Northwest, D.C. were finalized. The statement did not disclose an exact closing date, nor when it’s workforce would begin moving into its new offices roughly a mile down the road.
Much of the current FBI HQ workforce will also be dispersed elsewhere around the country, Patel said.
“After more than 20 years of failed attempts, we finalized a plan to permanently close the FBI’s Hoover headquarters and move the workforce into a safe, modern facility,” a portion of Patel’s statement read. “This decision puts resources where they belong: defending the homeland, crushing violent crime, and protecting national security. It delivers better tools for today’s FBI workforce at a fraction of the cost.”
In November, Maryland leaders sued the Trump administration after it cancelled plans earlier this year to build a new headquarters in Prince George’s County citing high costs and a 2035 opening date. The General Services Administration in 2023 chose Greenbelt, Md. over Springfield, Virginia, as the future home for the FBI.
Confirmation that the FBI would move to 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue came in early July.
A move to the Reagan Building, critics argued, would not meet the security demands needed for the FBI. Patel said that work is being done to fulfil the required safety and infrastructure upgrades.
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The Reagan Building, located on 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, is already home to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Children’s Museum, and numerous other non-governmental companies. It also served as the offices for U.S. Agency for International Aid, which was removed by the Trump administration early into his second term.
WASHINGTON (7News) — On Saturday evening, Metropolitan Police Department’s Seventh District officers responded to a fatal crash on I-295 northbound near Exit 1 for Laboratory Road, Southwest.
The incident occurred around 7:50 p.m. when a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle, police said.
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Prince George’s County police officers were already on the scene when the MPD officers arrived.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities have not yet released the victim’s age or gender.
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The driver of the vehicle involved in the collision remained at the scene.
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Police urge anyone with information about the incident to call 202-727-9099 or text 50411.
The United States military carried out a “large scale” strike inside the nation of Venezuela early Saturday morning, in addition to capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who were flown out of the country.
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WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Smoke was seen billowing in a Northwest D.C. neighborhood Sunday afternoon after a row house caught fire, prompting a large presence of first responders.
In a post on the X platform just after 12:40 p.m., the DC Fire and EMS Department said crews were responding to a box alarm at a row house in the 2100 block of 13th Street NW. There, firefighters found smoke coming from the top of three attached row houses.
Crews determined that the flames were coming from the attic of one of the three-story row homes, but that it was at risk of spreading to both adjacent homes. As a result, firefighters upgraded the response to a two-alarm fire, aggressively attacking the flames from the inside.
Officials noted that firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze, which involved the entire attic, and that it only spread to one of the attached row houses.
No injuries were reported; however, officials were working to learn how many people would be displaced.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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