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 08, 2025, 8:22 AM EST

Federal judge grants states suing over DOGE a temporary restraining order

A federal judge in New York granted the states suing over DOGE a temporary restraining order.

“The Court’s firm assessment is that, for the reasons stated by the States, they will face irreparable harm in the absence of injunctive relief. That is both because of the risk that the new policy presents of the disclosure of sensitive and confidential information and the heightened risk that the systems in question will be more vulnerable than before to hacking,” Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote.

New York Attorney General Letitia James hailed the decision on X.

“This morning, we won a court order blocking Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, from accessing Americans’ private data. Musk and his DOGE employees must destroy all records they've obtained.”

Feb 08, 2025, 7:29 AM EST

South African government responds to Trump's aid freeze

The South African government released a statement Saturday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order, saying “this order lacks factual accuracy and fails to recognise South Africa’s profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid.”

“It is ironic that the executive order makes provision for refugee status in the U.S. for a group in South Africa that remains amongst the most economically privileged, while vulnerable people in the U.S. from other parts of the world are being deported and denied asylum despite real hardship,” the South African government said in the statement.

Feb 08, 2025, 12:08 AM EST

Pentagon denies workspace to 8 news outlets to allegedly make room in 'media rotation'

In addition to the four media outlets ordered to vacate their workspace in the building by Valentine's Day, the Pentagon announced four more this evening.

Last Friday, the Pentagon issued a memo signed by DOD spokesman John Ullyot announcing an "annual media rotation program."

Last week’s memo specified The New York Times, NBC News, National Public Radio and Politico would be swapped with the New York Post, One America News Network, Breitbart News Network and HuffPost.

In reaction to the memo, leaders from several outlets with reporters who work at the Pentagon came to the building on Wednesday to raise questions and concerns with Ullyot directly.

Ullyot responded to the meeting by doubling down on the initial policy, issuing a new memo ordering four more media outlets to vacate their workspace at the Pentagon, setting a new deadline for all eight to vacate by February 21.

Friday night’s memo said The Washington Post, CNN, The Hill and The War Zone were being swapped with The Washington Examiner, Newsmax, The Free Press and The Daily Caller.

The memo noted that while the outlets' workspaces are being revoked, as is the prerogative of the secretary of defense, the reporters affected will maintain their building access and ability to attend briefings, and will still be considered for trips.

A few facts that caused immediate confusion among the resident press corps was Breitbart and Washington Examiner have had dedicated space for years in the Pentagon.

The War Zone, which is being ordered to vacate its workspace, has never had existing workspace in the Pentagon and Newsmax was already in the process of transitioning into a space offered by the existing press corps before President Donald Trump took office.

-ABC News' Matt Seyler

Feb 07, 2025, 11:48 PM EST

Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave at midnight

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place 2,200 employees of the United States Agency for International Development on leave at midnight.

In an order late Friday, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols -- a Trump appointee -- issued a temporary restraining that prevents Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency from placing the employees on administrative leave as had been planned.

The judge also ordered the reinstatement of some 500 USAID workers who had already been put on administrative leave and ordered that no USAID employees should be evacuated from their host countries before Feb. 14 at 11:59 p.m.

The judge's order came several hours after a hearing Friday afternoon during which Nichols said he would issue the temporary restraining order.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders

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