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  "id": 1620184,
  "title": "Judge blocks Trump administration from moving FBI headquarters to DC office building",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-moving-fbi-headquarters-to-dc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T02:56:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News (US)",
    "slug": "abc-news-us",
    "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/judge-blocks-trump-administration-moving-fbi-headquarters-dc-135723932"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang has halted a plan to relocate the FBI's headquarters from its current location in Washington, D.C., to a federal office building in Greenbelt, Maryland. The judge ruled that the Trump administration's decision to discard a previously approved plan to build a new facility in Maryland was illegal. Maryland and Prince George's County had invested a decade of work and hundreds of millions of dollars into their original choice. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown hailed the ruling as a victory for the state, while Maryland Governor Wes Moore emphasized the need to complete the new headquarters in Prince George's County. The current FBI headquarters, the J. Edgar Hoover Building, has faced criticisms for its aged condition.",
  "summary": "A U.S. judge has blocked plans to move the FBI's headquarters to a federal office building in Washington",
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Judge blocks the Trump administration from moving FBI headquarters to DC office building",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/judge-blocks-the-trump-administration-from-moving-fbi-headquarters-to-1593920",
        "published": "2026-08-17T23:41:55.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Judge blocks the Trump administration from moving FBI headquarters to DC office building",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/judge-blocks-the-trump-administration-from-moving-fbi-headquarters-to",
        "published": "2026-08-17T23:53:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "US judge blocks Trump administration's plan to scrap FBI headquarters move to Maryland",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/us-judge-blocks-trump-administrations-plan-to-scrap-fbi-headquarters",
        "published": "2026-08-18T00:07:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Judge blocks plan to move FBI headquarters to Reagan Building",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/judge-blocks-plan-to-move-fbi-headquarters-to-reagan-building",
        "published": "2026-08-18T00:10:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Jeffries: Trump administration must protect Palestinians from ‘lawbreaking settlers’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/jeffries-trump-administration-must-protect-palestinians-from",
        "published": "2026-08-18T02:00:01.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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