Trump 2nd term updates: Trump attends the Super Bowl

Trump becomes the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl.

Last Updated: February 9, 2025, 7:18 PM EST

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.

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Feb 07, 2025, 5:17 PM EST

Trump signs executive order to protect 2nd amendment

Trump signed an executive order Friday afternoon aimed at protecting Second Amendment rights.

The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to review violations on the right to bear arms that may have occurred during the Biden administration.

President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he boards Air Force One to depart from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Feb. 7, 2025.
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The order states the attorney general should look at rules enforced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, policies related to "enhanced regulatory enforcement," reports issued by the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and classifications of firearms and ammunition by federal agencies.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh

Feb 07, 2025, 5:08 PM EST

Trump-nominated judge temporarily blocks administration from placing USAID employees on leave

After an hourlong hearing this afternoon, Judge Carl J. Nichols, a Trump appointee, said he plans to issue a temporary restraining order that prevents President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency from placing 2,200 employees on administrative leave Friday night.

Nichols said the TRO would also prevent the "accelerated removal" of USAID from their posts overseas. He will issue a written order between now and midnight with a further explanation of the order.

PHOTO: A street sign with names of U.S. government agencies housed at the Ronald Reagan Building is pictured with one building occupant taped, on Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
A street sign with names of U.S. government agencies housed at the Ronald Reagan Building, including the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID headquarters in Washington, is pictured with one building occupant taped, on Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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"This is about how employees are harmed in their capacity as employees, in the employee-employer relationship, and it seems to me that, for reasons I will discuss in this order, that I will enter there, the plaintiffs have established at least that there is irreparable harm as it relates to that relationship," Nichols said.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders, Peter Charalambous and Alexander Mallin

Feb 07, 2025, 4:08 PM EST

Recall of foreign USAID staff estimated to cost around $50M: Sources

Early internal estimates suggest that the effort by the Trump administration to recall thousands of USAID employees from foreign assignments to the United States will cost as much as $50 million, multiple federal employees familiar with the process told ABC News.

The operation impacts around 1,800 USAID employees stationed abroad, along with nearly 3,000 family members, sources told ABC News, all of whom have been ordered to return to the U.S. within days.

In an Aug. 14, 2014 file photo, workers unload medical supplies to fight the Ebola epidemic from a USAID cargo flight in Harbel, Liberia.
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USAID staff overseas have 30 days to return and can apply for exceptions for family or health reasons, sources said.

The cost could fluctuate depending on how the recall plan evolves, according to sources.

It is not clear how much the Trump administration estimates will be saved by cutting USAID.

A State Department representative did not respond to a request for comment.

-ABC News' Will Steakin and Shannon Kingston

Feb 07, 2025, 4:06 PM EST

Senate Democrats seek independent investigation into Musk

Senate Democrats are pushing for an "independent investigation" into reports that Elon Musk and DOGE were granted "unprecedented and potentially illegal access to the federal government's payment systems."

In a letter to Loren Sciurba, the Deputy Inspector General of Treasury and Heather Hill, the Acting Treasury IG for Tax Administration, the senators said they have so far received from Treasury Secretary Bessent in response to their inquiries have "left more questions than answers" and left a need for an IG investigation.

"It is critically important to understand what systems were involved, who granted access to them, what type of access was permitted, exactly who gained the ability to get into the systems, and the reason they were allowed to access such sensitive information," they wrote.

The senators said it is "not at all clear" that Musk and other DOGE officials meet criteria that would allow them to access the data included in the federal payment system.

They also raised conflict of interest concerns about Musk's businesses, including Tesla, SpaceX and X.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

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