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 03, 2025, 6:45 PM EST

Oil exec Chris Wright confirmed as energy secretary

The Senate confirmed Chris Wright to lead the Department of Energy by a vote of 59-38.

Wright, who has never worked in a government position, founded the publicly traded oilfield services firm Liberty Energy in 2010, which fracks 20% of the onshore wells nationally.

Chris Wright testifies before a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of Energy, on Capitol Hill, Jan. 15, 2025.
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The $3 billion company is involved in nearly 10% of the U.S.'s total energy production, according to Wright.

Wright is an outspoken critic of policies aimed at curbing climate change, including the Department of Energy's goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

For more on Wright, read ABC News' previous reporting here.

Feb 03, 2025, 6:19 PM EST

USAID contractor says they're 'stuck abroad' on official travel

One USAID contractor who is currently on official travel for a "high priority emergency response" told ABC News the move to dismantle the agency has "severely impacted" their ability to assist people in need and will have "lasting implications."

The personal services contractor said they are traveling on a "high-priority emergency response."

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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They are among the contractors who say they are "stuck abroad on official travel with no guidance on how to proceed, where they are able to work, how to get home or whether they are able to work."

Additionally, the contractor said they have been removed from U.S. Embassy safety and security systems.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott

Feb 03, 2025, 6:13 PM EST

Trump taps Michael Ellis for deputy director of the CIA

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that Michael Ellis will serve as the deputy director of the CIA.

The agency seal on the floor of the lobby at the CIA, in Mclean, Va., Sept. 24, 2022.
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Ellis served on the White House National Security Council during Trump's first term and was general counsel of the House Intelligence Committee under former GOP Rep. Devin Nunes.

Feb 03, 2025, 6:28 PM EST

Advocacy groups sue Trump administration over asylum shutdown

The American Civil Liberties Union and other immigration advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against the current administration on Monday over President Donald Trump’s move to suspend asylum after claiming there is an “invasion” on the U.S.- Mexico border.

According to the complaint, Trump invoked an authority known as 212(f), which authorizes the president to “suspend the entry of all noncitizens” when their entry “would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.”

However, the groups argue the authority does not empower the president to “summarily expel noncitizens already physically present in the U.S.” or “override the protections Congress has afforded those fleeing danger.”

"Under the proclamation, there is no longer any pathway to seek asylum,” said Lee Gelernt, ACLU lead counsel, in a statement. “The President is giving the back of his hand to Congress, who over the past four plus decades has meticulously created an asylum system for those fleeing grave danger. There is no invasion, much less one that justifies wiping away the entire asylum system.”

The groups also argued the move by Trump allows for the expedited removal of unaccompanied migrant children, despite “specific protections such children receive by statute."

“This is an unprecedented power grab that will put countless lives in danger,” Gelernt's statement said.

-ABC News' Laura Romero and Armando Tonatiuh Torres-García

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