Trump 2nd term updates: Trump attends the Super Bowl

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

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 07, 2025, 4:08 PM EST

Recall of foreign USAID staff estimated to cost around $50M: Sources

Early internal estimates suggest that the effort by the Trump administration to recall thousands of USAID employees from foreign assignments to the United States will cost as much as $50 million, multiple federal employees familiar with the process told ABC News.

The operation impacts around 1,800 USAID employees stationed abroad, along with nearly 3,000 family members, sources told ABC News, all of whom have been ordered to return to the U.S. within days.

In an Aug. 14, 2014 file photo, workers unload medical supplies to fight the Ebola epidemic from a USAID cargo flight in Harbel, Liberia.
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USAID staff overseas have 30 days to return and can apply for exceptions for family or health reasons, sources said.

The cost could fluctuate depending on how the recall plan evolves, according to sources.

It is not clear how much the Trump administration estimates will be saved by cutting USAID.

A State Department representative did not respond to a request for comment.

-ABC News' Will Steakin and Shannon Kingston

Feb 07, 2025, 4:06 PM EST

Senate Democrats seek independent investigation into Musk

Senate Democrats are pushing for an "independent investigation" into reports that Elon Musk and DOGE were granted "unprecedented and potentially illegal access to the federal government's payment systems."

In a letter to Loren Sciurba, the Deputy Inspector General of Treasury and Heather Hill, the Acting Treasury IG for Tax Administration, the senators said they have so far received from Treasury Secretary Bessent in response to their inquiries have "left more questions than answers" and left a need for an IG investigation.

"It is critically important to understand what systems were involved, who granted access to them, what type of access was permitted, exactly who gained the ability to get into the systems, and the reason they were allowed to access such sensitive information," they wrote.

The senators said it is "not at all clear" that Musk and other DOGE officials meet criteria that would allow them to access the data included in the federal payment system.

They also raised conflict of interest concerns about Musk's businesses, including Tesla, SpaceX and X.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

Feb 07, 2025, 3:41 PM EST

Nearly 11,000 deported to Mexico since Trump took office

Nearly 11,000 people have been deported from the U.S. to Mexico since Trump’s inauguration, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday.

Since Jan. 20, 10,964 people -- including 8,425 Mexicans and 2,539 people of other nationalities -- have been deported to Mexico, she said.

A member of the Mexican National Guard patrols the border wall between Mexico and the U.S., on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 6, 2025.
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Feb 07, 2025, 3:44 PM EST

DOGE posts before and after look at USAID

The Department of Government Efficiency posted photographs of the exterior of the United States Agency for International Development before and after the removal of signage from the agency's Pennsylvania Avenue office .

"Unburdened by what has been," the DOGE account wrote on X -- a jab at the phrase frequently used by former Vice President Kamala Harris.

The post comes as Elon Musk's DOGE dismantles USAID, including trying to cut its workforce from 14,000 people to just 300 employees.

A worker removes the U.S. Agency for International Development sign on their headquarters on Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington.
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