President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest.

The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.

The decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order.

Trump has also been calling the new White House ballroom a “military complex” and arguing it is necessary for national security purposes.