U.S. General Services Administration

Rule Changes

Ordered to follow the original site choice

The FBI has worked out of a crumbling Washington building since 1974. A federal judge just ruled that the government cannot keep it there, ordering officials to revive an approved plan for a new campus in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Updated 6 days ago

Built World

Named as a defendant; involved in federal facilities and project execution

At a January 22 hearing on the National Trust's preliminary injunction request, Judge Richard Leon signaled deep skepticism about Trump's authority to tear down "an icon that's a national institution" using $400 million in private donations. Leon called the funding mechanism a "Rube Goldberg contraption" and is expected to rule in February; Trump declared on Truth Social that "IT IS TOO LATE" to stop the project, claiming structural steel, marble, and bulletproof glass are already lined up.

Updated May 15