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, 1:01 PM EST

FBI officials file lawsuit to block DOJ from compiling list of officials who worked on Jan. 6 cases

A group of FBI agents who assisted in criminal investigations stemming from the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol filed suit Tuesday in an effort to block the Justice Department from assembling lists of agents for potential disciplinary actions or firings.

The class-action lawsuit, filed anonymously by the agents in D.C. federal court, includes screenshots showing the survey sent this week about their actions related to the Jan. 6 cases.

Stephen Butterfield of D.C. holds a sign outside the FBI headquarters showing his support for the FBI and Department of Justice employees in Washington, Feb. 3, 2025.
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"Plaintiffs are employees of the FBI who worked on Jan. 6 and/or Mar-a-Lago cases, and who have been informed that they are likely to be terminated in the very near future (the week of February 3-9, 2025) for such activity," the lawsuit said. "They intend to represent a class of at least 6,000 current and former FBI agents and employees who participated in some manner in the investigation and prosecution of crimes and abuses of power by Donald Trump, or by those acting at his behest."

The suit specifically seeks to enjoin the DOJ from "aggregation, storage, reporting, publication or dissemination of any list or compilation of information that would identify FBI agents and other personnel, and tie them directly to Jan. 6 and Mar-a-Lago case activities."

-ABC News' Aaron Katersky, Pierre Thomas and Alexander Mallin

Feb 04, 2025, 12:50 PM EST

Trump will attend Super Bowl Sunday

President Donald Trump is planning to attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans this weekend, sources confirm.

The Kansas City Chiefs participate during Super Bowl LIX Opening Night, Feb. 3, 2025, in New Orleans.
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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

Feb 04, 2025, 12:29 PM EST

Trump, Netanyahu to discuss maintaining ceasefire deal, senior administration officials say

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."

Feb 04, 2025, 11:52 AM EST

Linda McMahon hasn't submitted government ethics letter

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.

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