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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Here's how the news is developing:
Feb 06, 2025, 5:32 PM EST

Trump signs executive order to end alleged 'anti-Christian weaponization in the government'

The White House has released Trump's executive order on protecting religious freedoms and the end of alleged anti-Christian weaponization in the government, which he signed Thursday afternoon.

The order claimed the Biden administration "engaged in an egregious pattern of targeting peaceful Christians, while ignoring violent, anti-Christian offenses."

President Donald Trump attends the National Prayer Breakfast at Washington Hilton, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington.
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It also said the Trump administration "will not tolerate anti-Christian weaponization of government or unlawful conduct targeting Christians." The executive order also establishes a task force to eradicate alleged anti-Christian bias.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

Feb 06, 2025, 5:23 PM EST

USAID staff will be cut to less than 300, sources say

The entire global workforce at the U.S. Agency for International Development will be reduced to fewer than 300 employees, down from roughly 14,000 prior to the Trump administration's shakeup of the aid agency, multiple sources told ABC News.

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.
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

All but those roughly 300 employees are expected to be placed on leave on Friday, sources said -- the date referenced in a message that remains on USAID.gov announcing plans to draw down the agency's footprint.

-ABC News' Shannon Kingston, Will Steakin and Lucien Bruggeman

Feb 06, 2025, 4:56 PM EST

Over 60,000 federal workers have accepted buyout offer, sources tell ABC News

As of Thursday afternoon, more than 60,000 federal workers have accepted the "buyout" offer, two administration officials told ABC News.

Wednesday evening, more than 40,000 federal workers had accepted the offer.

According to Pew government figures from November 2024, there are approximately 2.4 million civilian federal workers, not including the U.S. Postal Service.

-ABC News’ Katherine Faulders and Molly Nagle

Feb 06, 2025, 4:17 PM EST

States sue over DOGE

At least six states announced on Thursday their intent to sue the Trump administration over the Department of Government Efficiency.

Elon Musk speaks at a presidential inauguration event on behalf of President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025.
Matt Rourke/AP

The lawsuit is in response to the Treasury Department allowing Elon Musk and DOGE officials to access sensitive payment systems containing people's personal identifying information, state attorneys general said.

"As the richest man in the world, Elon Musk is not used to being told 'no,' but in our country, no one is above the law. The president does not have the power to give away our private information to anyone he chooses, and he cannot cut federal payments approved by Congress," New York Attorney General Letitia James said.

-ABC News' Aaron Katersky

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