President Donald Trump's second administration continued its swift recasting of the federal government, prompting pushback from Democrats and legal challenges.
The president said Sunday that he will announce tariffs on all imported steel and aluminum on Monday but didn't say when they'll take effect.
Trump, meanwhile, is at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday night to take in the Super Bowl. Trump picked the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in an interview aired before the game on Fox.
Trump instructs Treasury to stop producing pennies
President Donald Trump said Sunday night that he has instructed the Treasury Department to stop making new pennies.
"For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful! I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies. Let's rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it's a penny at a time," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie
Feb 09, 2025, 8:06 PM EST
Trump implies rioters were the victims on Jan. 6
During his flight to New Orleans on Sunday, President Donald Trump said he would be honoring first responders by meeting with some at the 2025 Super Bowl.
Members of the New Orleans Police Department, New Orleans Emergency Medical Services, New Orleans Fire Department, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and Louisiana State Police were on the field for the coin toss, each holding a photo of one of the 14 victims killed in the truck-ramming terror attack on New Year's Day.
President Donald Trump reacts after posing with family members of victims in the January 1 attack on Bourbon Street and emergency responders prior to Super Bowl LIX, Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans.
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Reporters aboard Air Force One then asked why, if Trump supports first responders, he had pardoned those who were convicted of assaulting police officers on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump implied that it was the rioters who were victimized in the attack on the Capitol, claiming they had been assaulted by the government.
“No, I pardoned people that were assaulted themselves," he said, without offering evidence. "They were assaulted by our government."
He went on to repeat a claim he has made in the past, saying, "They were treated unfairly.”
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie
Feb 09, 2025, 8:06 PM EST
Trump signs executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico
During President Donald Trump's flight to New Orleans on Sunday to attend the 2025 Super Bowl, Air Force One flew over the Gulf of Mexico.
As the plane passed over the body of water, Trump signed an executive order renaming it the Gulf of America.
Trump said "no" when asked if he had talked with Mexico about the move in advance.
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie
Feb 09, 2025, 7:17 PM EST
Trump attends the Super Bowl
Following his arrival to the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, and a brief tour of the field roughly one hour prior to kickoff, President Donald Trump went to a suite where he was joined by some members of his family and elected officials — including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Sens. Eric Schmitt and Tim Scott.
Trump was accompanied to the Super Bowl by his daughter Ivanka, his son Eric and his daughter-in-law Lara.
President Donald Trump salutes during the national anthem with Ivanka Trump and New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson before the start of Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Feb. 9, 2025.
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He stood for "America the Beautiful" and saluted during "The Star-Spangled Banner."
