John Hinckley is seeking an “unconditional release” from court supervision just months before the 40th anniversary of his attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. In a court hearing Wednesday, an attorney for Hinckley asked a D.C. federal judge to promptly schedule a hearing on whether to remove restrictions on Hinckley.

A man tried to blow up an SUV at the Pentagon on Monday morning and was found later in Arlington National Cemetery. Matthew Dmitri Richardson, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, faces federal charges after Pentagon police say he tried to blow up an active-duty service member’s Land Rover at about 10:55 a.m. Monday. He appeared in court in Alexandria, Virginia, Tuesday...