Nnamdi Egwuonwu

5 days ago | nbcnews.com | Rebecca Shabad |Zoe Richards |Nnamdi Egwuonwu |Rob Wile

Updated President Donald Trump announced yesterday that the U.S. and United Kingdom had reached a trade deal, the first such agreement since he imposed tariffs on U.S. trading partners. The president is scheduled to sign executive orders this afternoon. Trump said last night that he will appoint Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., after his previous nominee, MAGA loyalist Ed Martin, failed to gain enough Senate support to advance.

5 days ago | nbcnews.com | Kyle Stewart |Nnamdi Egwuonwu

President Donald Trump fired on Thursday the Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden, according to a copy of her termination email obtained by NBC News. In the email sent to Hayden Thursday, Trent Morse, deputy director of presidential personnel, wrote: “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately.” This email was shared with Congressional Democrats and obtained by NBC News.

6 days ago | nbcnews.com | Nnamdi Egwuonwu |Zoe Richards

Updated President Donald Trump said this morning that he will sign a trade deal with the United Kingdom, the first agreement since he imposed sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners. The president will hold a news conference on the agreement in the Oval Office this morning. The House is expected to vote this morning on a bill that would codify Trump's order that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed the Gulf of America.

6 days ago | nbcnews.com | Nnamdi Egwuonwu |Kyle Stewart |Alexandra Marquez

/ Updated WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House on Thursday passed a bill that seeks to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order that renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Though all Democrats and one Republican —Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska — opposed the bill, Republicans narrowly passed the measure, 211-206, sending it to the Senate for a vote. Rep.

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Nnamdi Egwuonwu |Kyle Stewart |Alexandra Marquez

6 hours agoIf you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke. In November, when Donald Trump first announced his plan to place Elon Musk in charge of a new Department of Government Efficiency, the idea was widely written off as a joke. Then Trump took office, and DOGE began …