Trump's nomination of Ed Martin as DC's U.S. attorney comes amid a 21% rise in homicides compared to last year. Acting U.S. Attorney Martin, with minimal prosecutorial experience, has dismissed ...

Martin had been serving as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia on an interim basis since just after Trump, a Republican, was sworn in for his second term on ... office on DC violent street ...

Martin's term as interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. is set to expire on May 20. Update: 5/8/25, 7:22 p.m. ET: This article and the headline were updated after Trump formally announced Pirro ...

Pirro is replacing Ed Martin, whose term expired because he couldn’t secure enough votes in the Senate for the permanent ... States Attorney for the District of Columbia,” Trump announced ...

President Donald Trump tapped now former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to replace Ed Martin in the role of U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. Trump announced the move on Truth Social, the social ...

The president also has not said whether he intended to nominate Pirro for a full term as U.S. attorney. Trump similarly named Martin on short ... Jan. 6 will tell us whether there are any in ...