Trump becomes the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl.
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.
President Donald Trump is planning to attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans this weekend, sources confirm.
The Kansas City Chiefs will face off against the Philadelphia Eagles at the LIX Super Bowl.
Trump is also set to do a sit-down interview with Fox News' Bret Baier that will air during the network's Super Bowl pregame show on Sunday.
– ABC News' Mary Bruce and Michelle Stoddart
Ahead of Tuesday's meeting with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump's primary focus will be ensuring getting the hostages out safely, senior administration officials told reporters during a background call previewing the visit.
Netanyahu will be the first foreign leader to visit the White House during Trump's second term.
"The most important thing to President Trump is to get our hostages home, not only in Gaza, but around the world," a senior administration official said.
When asked about Trump's stance on a two-state solution, a senior administration official sidestepped and emphasized that getting the hostages home is Trump's main focus.
"On the relocation, I think President Trump looks at the Gaza Strip and sees it as a demolition site," the senior administration official also said. "Sees it as impractical for it to be rebuilt within three to five years, believes it will take at least 10 to 15 and thinks it's inhumane to force people to live in uninhabitable plots of land with unexploded ordnance and rubble, and so looking for solutions for helping the people of Gaza have normal lives while the Gaza Strip is ultimately being rebuilt and is trying to look at this in a realistic way."
The Senate confirmation hearing for Linda McMahon, Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education, has been delayed because the Senate HELP Committee is waiting on McMahon’s Office of Government Ethics (OGE) letter, a spokesperson for the committee told ABC News.
The OGE leads and oversees the executive branch ethics program, according to its website.
The HELP committee — the committee tasked with holding hearings for the president’s education and labor nominees — has been waiting on the document as is standard for cabinet nominations of any administration.
For weeks, McMahon has taken advice and consent meetings on Capitol Hill with Senators from both sides of the aisle. Her latest post on X was a picture of an advice and consent meeting with HELP
Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy on Jan. 23.
McMahon has remained largely offline since this post.
Prior to the post, McMahon had met with each Republican member on the HELP committee ahead of her confirmation hearing, including Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville.
However, Democrats have their concerns about McMahon. Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat on the HELP committee, said he met with her last month.
Murphy blasted the Trump administration for its education policy and plans to dismantle the department.
Key GOP senator Todd Young, R-Ind., announced in a post on X that he will support Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to serve as the Director of National Intelligence.
Young sits on the Intelligence Committee, which will take a vote on his nomination at 2 p.m. Tuesday. With Young joining Susan Collins and James Lankford in support, Gabbard is expected to clear the committee vote.
Young was being closely watched as a possible no vote after having taken Gabbard to task over her views of Edward Snowden during her confirmation hearing.
"I have done what the Framers envisioned for senators to do: use the consultative process to seek firm commitments, in this case, commitments that will advance our national security, which is my top priority as a former Marine Corps intelligence officer," Young said in the post. "Having now secured these commitments, I will support Tulsi's nomination and look forward to working with her to protect our national security."
– ABC News' Rachel Scott and Allison Pecorin
