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, 1:00 PM EST

Trump delays tariffs on China

Trump amended his executive order on Chinese tariffs Friday, postponing a major change that imposed tariffs on low-value shipments from China.

The original executive order eliminated "de minimis" treatment for Chinese imports, a longstanding loophole in U.S. trade law that allows shipments valued at under $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free. That would have meant that goods coming from Chinese online retailers like Shein and Temu face steep tariffs for the first time.

Now, an amended version of the order says those tariffs won't go into place until the Commerce Department develops systems to process the shipments and collect revenue from tariffs.

This reversal comes after Trump met Thursday with FedEx executive chairman and founder Fred Smith. Carriers like FedEx, DHL and UPS would be heavily impacted by the new tariffs on low-cost goods from China.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart and Elizabeth Schulze

Feb 07, 2025, 12:58 PM EST

Trump praises Elon Musk, slams USAID

As he met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump was asked about the Time magazine cover showing Elon Musk behind the Resolute Desk.

Trump first swiped at Time by asking if they were "still in business" -- despite receiving their "Person of the Year" award in December and called it an honor -- before going on to praise Musk and his staff.

"Elon is doing a great job. He's finding tremendous fraud and corruption and waste," Trump told reporters. "You're seeing it with the USAID but you're going to see it even more so with other agencies."

President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 7, 2025.
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Trump continued to allege, without evidence, that USAID is spending money fraudulently.

Feb 07, 2025, 12:27 PM EST

New photos show Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson with Trump at White House

Trump on Friday shared a photo of him standing next to Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson.

The men are standing in the colonnade next to the White House Rose Garden in the West Wing. Musk and Carlson are wearing oversized MAGA hats, and all three men are giving a thumbs up.

President Donald Trump shared a photo of himself standing next to Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk in the colonnade next to the White House Rose Garden in Washington in an undated photo posted to the @POTUS account on X.
@POTUS

Musk on Thursday shared a photo where he was wearing the oversized hat in the Oval Office.

PHOTO: Elon Musk wears an oversized Maga hat in the Oval Office in Washington in an undated photo posted to his account in X.
Elon Musk wears an oversized Maga hat in the Oval Office in Washington, in an undated photo posted to his account in X.
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-ABC News' Molly Nagle

Feb 07, 2025, 12:23 PM EST

International Criminal Court 'condemns' US sanctions

The International Criminal Court said it "condemns" Trump's executive order to impose sanctions on the court's officials.

"The Court stands firmly by its personnel and pledges to continue providing justice and hope to millions of innocent victims of atrocities across the world, in all Situations before it," the court said in a statement.

A joint statement endorsed by 79 of the 125 countries that are States Parties to the Rome Statute that established the court offered "unwavering support for the independence, impartiality, and integrity of the ICC."

In his executive order, signed Thursday, Trump claimed the court has "engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel."

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