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.
Key headlines:
Saudi Arabia says it will not normalize ties with Israel without Palestinian state
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry released a statement Tuesday after President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's press conference discussing the future of Gaza.
The statement said Saudi Arabia would not normalize ties with Israel without a Palestinian state -- this after Trump sought normalization between the two countries.
"The Foreign Ministry affirms that Saudi Arabia’s position on the establishment of a Palestinian state is firm and unwavering," the statement read.
The statement added that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has "clearly and unequivocally reaffirmed this stance."
USPS temporarily suspends acceptance of inbound parcels from China, Hong Kong
The United States Postal Service announced a temporary suspension of "international package acceptance of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong" until further notice.
According to the notice, the suspension does not include letters or flats from China or Hong Kong; those items will continue to be accepted.
-ABC News' Davone Morales
USAID to place all direct-hire staff on administrative leave on Friday
USAID staff have been informed via email that all direct-hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally as of Friday, Feb. 7, except for core leadership and mission-critical staff, according to an email obtained by ABC News.
Staff were informed of the decision in an email titled, "The Path Forward."
The news comes after Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, said he was "in the process" of "shutting down" the agency with the backing of President Donald Trump, as part of efforts to trim the size of the federal government and eliminate waste.
USAID, which stands for the U.S. Agency for International Development, oversees foreign aid, disaster relief and international development programs.
-ABC News' Will Steakin
Judge blocks Trump's executive order to transfer transgender women into men's prisons
A federal judge on Tuesday night blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order that would require housing transgender women in male prisons, determining that the policy likely violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth – nominated to the bench by President Ronald Reagan – granted a temporary restraining order that blocks enforcement of the executive order and requires the Bureau of Prisons to house prisoners in facilities corresponding to their identifying gender.
The order also required the Bureau of Prisons to continue providing medical care to transgender inmates, including hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria.
Three transgender women brought the lawsuit last month after the Bureau of Prisons notified them they would be transferred to male facilities following Trump’s executive order that required the federal government to only recognize two sexes.
According to the Department of Justice, 16 transgender women in total are housed in female penitentiaries managed by the Bureau of Prisons, which intended to transfer them to facilities corresponding to their sex at birth.
-ABC News' Peter Charalambous