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, 2:59 PM EST

Trump says DOGE doesn't 'need' all the access it's getting to sensitive information

Trump was asked about Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency access to the Treasury Department's vast federal payment system, which includes highly sensitive information like Social Security numbers and bank accounts for millions of Americans.

"Why does DOGE need all of that?" a reporter asked.

"It doesn't but they get it very easily," Trump replied. "And we don't have very good security in our country, and they get it very easily."

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump went on to praise the work Musk and his team is doing to cut what the administration says is government waste.

"We're going to be doing more and more of that," he said. "We're going to be looking at Department of Education. We're going to be looking at even our military. We're going to be looking at tremendous amounts of money, being spent on things that bear no relationship to anything and have no value. We're talking about trillions of dollars."

Feb 07, 2025, 3:01 PM EST

Japan aims to increase investment in US to $1T: PM

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he "conveyed my willingness" to Trump to increase Japan's investment in the U.S. to an "unprecedented" $1 trillion.

Japan is already the largest source of foreign direct investment in the U.S.

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.

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