July 18th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee removed language from one of its annual government funding bills Thursday that would have prevented the Trump administration from relocating the FBI’s headquarters anywhere other than a previously selected location in a Maryland suburb outside Washington, D.C.  The change of course came one week after the committee voted to adopt an amendment from Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen that would have blocked the FBI from moving to the Ronald Reagan Building, which sits a few blocks away from the agency’s crumbling D.C. headquarters.  Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski had voted with the committee’s Democrats to approve the amendment citing security concerns, but flipped to oppose it after speaking with FBI Director Kash Patel.