Ryan J. Reilly

2 days ago | nbcnews.com | Rebecca Shabad |Lindsey Pipia |Peter Alexander |Ryan J. Reilly

Updated President Donald Trump departs on the first major foreign trip of second term today, heading first to Saudi Arabia and then Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The United States and China have agreed to a 90-day pause on most tariffs they have imposed on each other since last month, a big step toward easing the trade war between the two countries.

6 days ago | nbcnews.com | Yamiche Alcindor |Ryan J. Reilly

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is strongly considering naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a source familiar with his thinking told NBC News on Thursday. Trump announced earlier in the day that he was withdrawing the nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin to stay on as the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., on a permanent basis. ABC News first reported Trump's consideration of Pirro to take over the job on an interim basis.

6 days ago | nbcnews.com | Ryan J. Reilly

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would replace Ed Martin as his nominee for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia after the longtime right-wing activist faced opposition from a key Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "He is a terrific person. He wasn’t getting the support," Trump said of Martin. "I'm very disappointed in that. ... I'm one person.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Ryan J. Reilly |Frank Thorp V |Kate Santaliz

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said he wouldn't support Ed Martin, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, likely blocking the path to confirmation for the “Stop the Steal” organizer who had closely aligned himself with Jan. 6 defendants. “I’ve indicated to the White House I wouldn’t support his nomination,” Tillis said Tuesday after meeting with Martin on Monday night.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Ryan J. Reilly

WASHINGTON — A federal judge Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie in a blistering opinion calling the president's efforts "an unprecedented attack” on the U.S. judicial system.