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 07, 2025, 3:02 PM EST

Trump 'with vice president' over reinstating DOGE staffer who made racist posts

Trump was asked about Marko Elez, the 25-year-old DOGE staff member who resigned on Feb. 6 amid reports linking him to an account that allegedly posted racist comments on his X account.

Musk and Vice President JD Vance, who claimed he "obviously disagreed with some of Elez's posts," both pushed for Elez to be reinstated Friday.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office while sitting with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump claimed he did not know much about the situation but said he was "with the vice president," and did not provide further details.

Feb 07, 2025, 2:39 PM EST

Trump says Japan has agreed to invest heavily in US Steel

Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held a news conference after their meeting at the White House, where the president announced Japan would be investing in U.S. Steel instead of owning it entirely.

"We didn't want to see that leave and it wouldn't actually leave. But the concept is psychologically not good," Trump said.

President Donald Trump holds up a photograph of their earlier Oval Office meeting during a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Feb. 7, 2025.
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Ishiba said that the meeting with Trump was productive and he looked forward to working with Trump.

Feb 07, 2025, 2:38 PM EST

USAID office sign covered with black duct tape

During sometime Friday, the sign outside USAID's headquarters in Washington D.C. was covered up with black tape.

PHOTO: A street sign with names of U.S. government agencies housed at the Ronald Reagan Building is pictured with one building occupant taped, on Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
A street sign with names of U.S. government agencies housed at the Ronald Reagan Building, including the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID headquarters in Washington, is pictured with one building occupant taped, on Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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Feb 07, 2025, 1:55 PM EST

State AGs sue Trump administration over transgender care ban

Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown announced a lawsuit in federal court to stop President Donald Trump's executive order attempts to criminalize and end gender-affirming care.

"That order poses an immediate threat to young people all across Washington State and to the medical professionals in Washington who provide much-needed health care," Brown said.

The multistate lawsuit includes Oregon and Minnesota, as well as three individual plaintiffs who include doctors.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown speaks to media outside the U.S. Courthouse after a federal judge blocked Donald Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship in Seattle, Washington, Feb. 6, 2025.
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Brown also said they are requesting a temporary restraining order for the EO.

"If young people, lose access to the care that they need, that they have no doubt that transgender youth will die," he said.

-ABC News' Lissette Rodriguez

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