Trump 2nd term updates: Trump attends the Super Bowl

Trump becomes the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl.

ByAlexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, Emily Chang, Kevin Shalvey, Meredith Deliso, and Julia Reinstein
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 06, 2025, 1:44 PM EST

Trump to host Japanese prime minister on Friday, White House official says

President Donald Trump will host Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a "working visit" to the White House on Friday, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.

The leaders will "discuss trade and investment, economic security and defense industrial cooperation, among other topics," the official added.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves as he departs for a visit to the United States as Japan's Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (L) looks on, at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda, Feb. 6, 2025.
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Panama's president, José Raúl Mulino, also announced on X that he and Trump will speak tomorrow afternoon.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

Feb 06, 2025, 1:36 PM EST

Federal judge blocks buyout offer until at least Monday afternoon

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from implementing its "Fork in the Road" buyout offer until at least Monday afternoon.

U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole Jr. set a 2 p.m. hearing on Monday to consider blocking the buyout offer further.

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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Lawyers for the Department of Justice vowed to notify every federal employee subject to the buyout offer of the judge's order.

– ABC News' Peter Charalambous and Steve Portnoy

Feb 06, 2025, 1:09 PM EST

Judge signs order limiting DOGE access to Treasury data

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly signed the proposed order Thursday morning, cementing the agreement between the unions and the Department of Justice that largely limits the Treasury Department from sharing sensitive financial data with the Department of Government Efficiency.

People gather to protest outside the headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency was charged with oversight of OPM, in Washington, Feb. 2, 2025.
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Under the terms of the agreement, two people associated with Musk but employed by the Treasury Department -- tech CEO Tom Krause and 25-year-old former SpaceX and X employee Marko Elez -- will continue to have "read only" access to the Treasury Department’s sensitive records.

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-ABC News’ Peter Charalambous and Soorin Kim

Feb 06, 2025, 12:27 PM EST

Trump education secretary pick to face confirmation hearing Feb. 13

Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's pick to become secretary of the Department of Education, will sit for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 10 a.m.

A person walks in front of the Department of Education building, amid reports that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will take steps to defund the federal Education Department, in Washington, Feb. 4, 2025.
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McMahon was tapped by Trump to run the Department of Education, which he has pledged to shutter. The president is expected to ask McMahon, via executive order, to submit a proposal to diminish the department and call on Congress to pass legislation that would abolish it.

"Linda, I hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job," Trump said on Tuesday. "I want her to put herself out of a job, Education Department."

– ABC News' Arthur Jones II

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