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 04, 2025, 9:47 PM EST

USPS temporarily suspends acceptance of inbound parcels from China, Hong Kong

The United States Postal Service announced a temporary suspension of "international package acceptance of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong" until further notice.

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According to the notice, the suspension does not include letters or flats from China or Hong Kong; those items will continue to be accepted.

-ABC News' Davone Morales

Feb 04, 2025, 9:49 PM EST

USAID to place all direct-hire staff on administrative leave on Friday

USAID staff have been informed via email that all direct-hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally as of Friday, Feb. 7, except for core leadership and mission-critical staff, according to an email obtained by ABC News.

Staff were informed of the decision in an email titled, "The Path Forward."

The flag of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, right, flies alongside the American flag in front the USAID office in Washington, Feb. 3, 2025.
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The news comes after Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, said he was "in the process" of "shutting down" the agency with the backing of President Donald Trump, as part of efforts to trim the size of the federal government and eliminate waste.

USAID, which stands for the U.S. Agency for International Development, oversees foreign aid, disaster relief and international development programs.

-ABC News' Will Steakin

Feb 04, 2025, 9:14 PM EST

Judge blocks Trump's executive order to transfer transgender women into men's prisons

A federal judge on Tuesday night blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order that would require housing transgender women in male prisons, determining that the policy likely violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth – nominated to the bench by President Ronald Reagan – granted a temporary restraining order that blocks enforcement of the executive order and requires the Bureau of Prisons to house prisoners in facilities corresponding to their identifying gender.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after signing two executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 4, 2025 in Washington.
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The order also required the Bureau of Prisons to continue providing medical care to transgender inmates, including hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria.

Three transgender women brought the lawsuit last month after the Bureau of Prisons notified them they would be transferred to male facilities following Trump’s executive order that required the federal government to only recognize two sexes.

According to the Department of Justice, 16 transgender women in total are housed in female penitentiaries managed by the Bureau of Prisons, which intended to transfer them to facilities corresponding to their sex at birth.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous

Feb 04, 2025, 8:17 PM EST

Jared Kushner referred to Gaza as 'waterfront property' last year

In a resurfaced interview from February 2024, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, referred to the Gaza Strip as "waterfront property" and said the embattled land is "very valuable."

The former property dealer who is married to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, made the comments in an interview at Harvard University discussing the Israel-Hamas war.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are seen during the final day of the Republican National Convention, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee.
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"Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable… if people would focus on building up livelihoods," Kushner told Professor Tarek Masoud at the time.

"It’s a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but from Israel’s perspective I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up," Kushner added.

Kushner's remarks from last year are facing renewed attention after Trump on Tuesday proposed that the United States "take over" the Gaza Strip, "level the site" and rebuild it.

“We have an opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal,” Trump said. "And I don't want to be cute. I don't want to be a wiseguy. But the Riviera of the Middle East, this could be something that could be -- so this could be so magnificent."