Trump 2nd term updates: Trump attends the Super Bowl
Trump becomes the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl.
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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Democrats warn DOGE 'inviting an attack' on US
Lawmakers are largely split down partisan lines after the CIA provided a list of partial names to the White House of its officers on probation -- with Democrats decrying the move while Republicans cheer on Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, a former member of the House Intelligence Committee, warned the United States' national security "is completely jeopardized" by DOGE.
"These are people who are helping us defend against the biggest threats to the United States," Swalwell said of the CIA. “So, there's nothing efficient about doing that -- and we're all for efficiency -- but if the cost is outing CIA officers, that's a real, real problem."
Illinois Rep. Robin Kelly said she is "disappointed by the move" and concerned about the Department of Justice exacting revenge on FBI agents who had anything to do with Jan. 6.
"The things they're doing are shameful. They're horrible, you know, horrific, and it makes you wonder, do they really, really care about this country, or do they just really care about their power?" Kelly said.
Republican Rep. Tim Burchett disagreed, telling ABC News that he is more worried the agencies themselves are "compromised."
"They’ve ... basically offered every member of the CIA a buyout. So I think that tells you we've got to shake things up," Burchett said. "These agencies have kind of gotten off course."
-ABC News' John Parkinson
DOD pulls Esper's security detail: Official
The Defense Department has revoked former Defense Secretary Mark Esper's security detail, a U.S. official told ABC News.
Like other former officials who have recently had their security pulled, such as Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Esper was serving under Trump at the time of the 2020 killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
-ABC News' Matthew Seyler and Luis Martinez
At least 40,000 federal workers have taken buyout: Officials
At least 40,000 federal workers have accepted the deferred resignation offer to leave the federal government, two administration officials told ABC News.
Those administration officials said they expect that number to grow, with the biggest spike Thursday.
-ABC News' Rachel Scott
Democrats call on Bessent to address the Democratic caucus on DOGE access to Treasury payment system
Senate Democrats are requesting that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent meet with the Democratic caucus to discuss the Department of Government Efficiency's access to its payment system.
In a letter to Bessent on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the ranking members of several major committees wrote, "Congress requires answers about the scope of 'DOGE's' activity."
The senators added that the Treasury Department's written responses on this have been "wholly insufficient, and even illusive, and evasive and, in many cases, the responses stand in direct conflict to Elon Musk's public statements and the work of 'DOGE.'"
– ABC News' Allison Pecorin