The decision represents a turnabout from plans announced during the Biden administration to move the FBI to a site in Greenbelt, Maryland. The suburban Washington location was selected over nearby Virginia following a sharp competition between the two states.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation plans to move its headquarters to the Ronald Reagan Building complex in Washington, scuttling Biden administration plans approved by Congress to move the agency to the Maryland suburbs.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has selected a new headquarters building in Washington, D.C., after nearly two decades of failed attempts to find a permanent new space, the Bureau announced on Tuesday.