Trump 2nd term updates: Trump says USAID is run by 'radical lunatics'

The comments came amid turmoil as DOGE took over USAID offices last week.

ByAlexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, Emily Chang, Andrea Pineda-Salgado, Meredith Deliso, and Julia Reinstein
Last Updated: February 2, 2025, 11:11 PM EST

President Donald Trump made good on his threats to impose tariffs on some of the U.S.'s trading partners, announcing Saturday that he will levy 25% tariffs on some goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% on Chinese goods.

Experts have warned that tariffs of this magnitude will likely increase prices paid by U.S. and Trump appeared to acknowledge that “some pain” might be possible in the U.S.

Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee announced it will meet Tuesday, when it is expected to vote on the controversial nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services.

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Jan 24, 2025, 12:06 PM EST

Fauci security detail revoked, forced to hire private security: Sources

Dr. Anthony Fauci had his government security detail revoked Thursday afternoon, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

Fauci was protected by private security that was paid for by the government, but now has hired his own security detail following the cancellation.

Trump said such security detail only pertained to current government employees.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, adjusts his glasses during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Nov. 4, 2021, in Washington.
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"You can't have a security detail for the rest of your life because you work for the government," he told reporters.

Fauci has received threats since the pandemic from harsh critics.

-ABC News' Jonathan Karl, Kelsey Walsh and Katherine Faulders

Jan 24, 2025, 11:55 AM EST

Trump wants voter ID laws as condition for aid for California

President Donald Trump continued to blast California's response to the wildfires, and seemed to add a new condition on additional aid for the wildfires.

"I want to see two things in Los Angeles, voter ID, so that the people have a chance to vote, and I want to see the water be released and come down into Los Angeles and the state. Those are the two things," Trump said.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

Jan 24, 2025, 11:53 AM EST

Trump dodges question about military deportation flights

President Donald Trump was asked Friday morning about the first deportation flights under his administration.

The president made no explicit mention of the flights but said that the deportations are "going well."

Guatemalan migrants descend from an US military plane after being deported from US at the Guatemalan Air Force Base in Guatemala City, Jan. 24, 2025.
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"These are people that have been as bad as you get, as bad as anybody you've seen, we're taking them out first," he said.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

Jan 24, 2025, 11:50 AM EST

Trump says he wants states in control of emergency response, slams FEMA

President Donald Trump blasted the Biden Administration's response to Hurricane Helene while touring the storm-ravaged areas of North Carolina.

"We're going to fix it out," he said. "FEMA has really let us down, let the country down, and I don't know if that's Biden's fault or whose fault it is. But we're going to take over, and we're going to do a good job."

President Donald Trump greets supporters upon arrival at Asheville Regional Airport in Fletcher, North Carolina, Jan. 24, 2025, to visit the region devastated by Hurricane Helene.
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Trump said the response should be determined on the state level, saying that this is the "best example" of the federal response not working.

Trump added that if states managed disaster response, it would be "a lot less expensive" and also there would be "a lot quicker response."

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

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