Katherine Doyle

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Katherine Doyle

President Donald Trump said he was not tracking a fall in the stock market as he met with his Cabinet secretaries, a plunge on Thursday that came amid worsening trade tensions with China. “I haven’t seen it because I’ve been here for two and a half hours,” Trump said in response to a reporter's question about the market, punting to his Treasury secretary, who was seated opposite him. “Up two, down one is not a bad ratio, or up 10 down five,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent then answered.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Katherine Doyle

President Donald Trump said he was not tracking a fall in the stock market Thursday as he met with his Cabinet secretaries amid worsening trade tensions with China. “I haven’t seen it because I’ve been here for 2½ hours,” Trump said in response to a reporter's question about the market. He then punted to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was seated opposite him. “Up two, down one is not a bad ratio, or up 10, down five,” Bessent then answered.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Peter Nicholas |Carol Lee |Katherine Doyle

WASHINGTON — “Liberation Day” just gave way to Capitulation Day. President Donald Trump pulled back Wednesday on a series of harsh tariffs targeting friends and foes alike in an audacious bid to remake the global economic order. Trump's early afternoon announcement followed a harrowing week in which Republican lawmakers and confidants privately warned him that the tariffs could wreck the economy.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Katherine Doyle

President Donald Trump said he is not looking to pause his tariffs before they go into effect on April 9, despite turmoil in the stock market and global economic fears. “We’re not looking at that,” Trump said when asked on Monday if he was thinking about taking more time to enact his sweeping tariffs. Instead, the president said countries could work to restore balance in trade relations with the U.S. through other actions.

3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Katherine Doyle |Henry Gomez

Far-right activist Laura Loomer met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon, in a meeting attended by Vice President JD Vance and national security adviser Mike Waltz, two sources familiar with the meeting told NBC News. One person also confirmed the attendance of Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. According to one of the sources, Loomer pressed Trump to fire members of his national security staff, and Waltz defended them.