Maryland and Virginia officials are once again vying to land the new FBI headquarters.

Mayors from 15 cities across the country are calling on the Trump administration to immediately withdraw federal forces, and want congressional leaders to investigate the decision to deploy them.

Safety directive acknowledges that the Tri-State Oversight Committee didn’t have the necessary power to enforce its recommendations.

UPDATE (11:45 a.m.): Federal investigators are now raiding eight other buildings in the District and Virginia in connection with the bribery claims. The names of the the four arrested had not yet been released, though Machen will hold a press conference this afternoon to identify them and the complete slate of charges.

On Friday, a federal judge ruled that a District law preventing the release of inmates from jail between 10:00 pm and 7:00 am is unconstitutional, saying it violates inmates’ rights by keeping them in jail longer than necessary.

Richard Whitmire, head of the National Education Writers Association, puts it all in perspective today, arguing that like it or not, Arne Duncan, Obama’s choice to be Secretary of Education, will need to wade into the local union battles being fought in the District by Chancellor Michelle Rhee. He predicts that a clash between Rhee’s “Clint Eastwood-esque power” and the typical federal interference in DCPS will be impossible to avoid and cautions Duncan, “don’t even…