Trump 2nd term updates: Trump attends the Super Bowl

A White House official said Thursday that Marko Elez, an individual associated with Elon Musk and employed by the Department of Government Efficiency, has resigned from his position. The official declined to provide further details about the incident.

Elez's resignation came after the Wall Street Journal reported that he had links to a now-deleted social media account that allegedly advocated for racism and eugenics.

ABC News has not independently verified the social media posts. A DOGE representative did not respond to a request for comment. ABC reached out to Elez, who did not immediately respond.

Elez had been employed by the Treasury Department as a “special government employee,” according to the Department of Justice. Under the terms of a consent order signed Thursday, Elez was one of the two individuals associated with DOGE who were given “read only” access to sensitive taxpayer information.

Prior to joining the federal government last month, Elez worked for two of Musk’s private companies – SpaceX and X.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders, Will Steakin, Peter Charalambous, Hannah Demissie, John Parkinson

The Senate took procedural steps late Thursday night to tee up final confirmation votes on the Senate floor for two of Trump's most closely watched nominees.

The actions set up votes in the Senate next week for both Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to serve as the director of national intelligence and RFK Jr.'s nomination to serve as health and human services secretary.

Gabbard’s nomination will get a test vote Monday night, with a final confirmation vote likely late Tuesday evening or early Wednesday.

RFK's final vote will likely take place late Thursday or early Friday.

Based on their performance with key senators during committee votes earlier this week, it's likely both RFK and Gabbard will get the simple majority of votes they need to be confirmed when their votes come up on the floor.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who was being watched as a potential Democratic backer of both nominees, announced in a post on X Thursday night that he does not intend to support Gabbard or RFK.

Republican leadership also took steps to tee up future confirmation votes on Howard Lutnick's nomination for secretary of commerce, Brooke Rollins' nomination for secretary of agriculture and Kelly Loeffler's nomination to head the Small Business Administration. Those votes will occur after Gabbard and RFK.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

Attorney General Pam Bondi gave her first interview since taking office on the White House North Lawn -- a seemingly symbolic move as she touted her close personal relationship with President Donald Trump.

"You know, Donald Trump has created an incredible team of people who truly -- we were pre-existing friends, so many of us," Bondi said to Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday.

Bondi was also asked about U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon's ruling throwing out former special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents case against Trump.

Hewing to a popular conservative narrative that Smith's prosecution was politically motivated, Bondi answered, "Judge Cannon is a brilliant judge. She followed the law that will be upheld and the weaponization of government will end. No more special counsels out there targeting anyone."

-ABC News' Alexander Mallin

At least 50 staff members focused on environmental justice inside the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were told by their leadership during a Thursday meeting that they are being placed on paid administrative leave, effective immediately, sources tell ABC News.

The staff members were told the decision was part of the agency’s efforts to comply with President Donald Trump's DEI executive order, according to the sources, who also say they were given few specifics about exactly how many staff would be impacted or how long the leave would last.

Another person familiar with current operations at the EPA told ABC News that some environmental justice employees in regional field offices were told earlier this week not to come to work.

Additionally, sources say around 1,000 other EPA staff members have received notices about being on probation with guidance that they could lose their jobs.

-ABC News' Kelly Livingston, Mary Alice Parks and Matthew Glasser