↴ Updated Intro
See short summaries of topics covered during special reports that NBC News aired in May 2017 after the page break below: ↓
President Donald Trump and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a joint press conference from the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
May 4:
1. Buckingham Palace announced that Prince Philip would step down from public engagements in Fall 2017.
2. The House of Representatives voted to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with the American Healthcare Act (AHCA); the bill went on to be voted for by the Senate.
3. President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and House GOP leaders held a news conference from the White House Rose Garden celebrating the passage of the AHCA bill in the House.
May 9:
President Trump fired the Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey.
May 10:
1. President Trump remarks on the firing of Comey.
2. White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee-Sanders delivered the White House daily press briefing following Comey's firing.
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May 11:
NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt exclusively interviewed President Trump at the White House after the firing of Comey.
May 12:
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer held the daily press briefing following a tweet from President Trump suggesting that tapes of conversions between Comey and him exist.
May 16:
1. National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster held a press briefing from the White House after the Washington Post reported that President Trump gave highly classified information to the Russians during a meeting with Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, in the Oval Office on May 10, 2017.
2. President Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a joint press conference from the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
May 17:
1. Deputy United States Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to a special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential campaign.
May 18:
1. Former FOX News CEO Roger Ailes passed away at age 77.
2. President Trump and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos held a joint press conference from the East Room of the White House.
May 22:
1. President Trump delivered a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Jerusalem, Israel during his first overseas trip as president.
2. Reports of possible "blasts" following an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
May 24:
1. President Trump met with Pope Francis at the Vatican during his first overseas trip as president.
3. Police confirmed that 19 people were killed and 59 others were injured after a possible suicide bombing following an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom.
1. President Trump met with Pope Francis at the Vatican during his first overseas trip as president.
May 30:
1. White House Press Secretary Spicer held the first daily press briefing following President Trump's return from his first overseas trip as president.
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