Trump 2nd term updates: Trump attends the Super Bowl

PHOTO: President Donald Trump poses with New Orleans law enforcement officers and victims of the New Year's Day attack as he visits the field before the start of Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Feb. 9, 2025.

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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.

Feb 09, 2025 9:08 PM

Trump picks Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl

Trump picked the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, he said in an interview aired Sunday on Fox News.

Trump praised the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes as a "great quarterback," and called his wife, Brittany Mahomes, "phenomenal."

"She's a Trump fan, she's a MAGA fan, so I happen to love her," Trump said.

PHOTO: President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room at the White House, Feb. 7, 2025 in Washington.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room at the White House, Feb. 7, 2025 in Washington.

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Trump said the Philadelphia Eagles are also "fantastic."

"It's going to be just a great game," he said.

Feb 09, 2025 8:21 PM

Trump on his way to the Super Bowl

Trump headed from Florida to New Orleans for the Super Bowl with a number of guests aboard Air Force One.

Among Trump’s guests were his son and daughter-in-law Eric and Lara Trump; daughter Ivanka Trump and her son; Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and his wife; House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and his wife; Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., and his wife; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Senate GOP Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and his wife; Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala.; Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.; Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas; and Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and his wife.

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President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 9, 2025.

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Upon arrival at the game, Trump will do a meet and greet with the game's honorary coin toss participants: family members of the victims of the New Year's ramming attack on Bourbon Street, members of the New Orleans Police Department, and emergency personnel, according to a White House official.

-ABC News’ Hannah Demissie

Feb 09, 2025 8:02 PM

CFPB HQ shuts down amid DOGE takeover

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters in Washington will be closed all week as the Trump administration continues to take aim at the government watchdog charged with safeguarding American consumers’ finances, according to an email obtained by ABC News.

"Dear Colleagues: The DC Headquarters Building will be closed this week (2/10-2/14). Employees and contractors are to work remotely unless instructed otherwise from our Acting Director or his designee," the email sent to staff on Sunday from CFPB Chief Operating Officer Adam Martinez reads.

The CFPB's move to close its offices to staff mimics the playbook Elon Musk's DOGE used as it moved to shut down USAID last week, as staff were informed late Sunday that offices would be closed and they should work from home.

PHOTO: Demonstrators take part in a protest by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building, the day after members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) moved into the CFPB, in Washington, DC, Feb. 8, 2025.

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Demonstrators take part in a protest by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building, the day after members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) moved into the CFPB, in Washington, DC, Feb. 8, 2025.

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ABC News previously reported that Russell Vought, the newly confirmed director of the Office of Management and Budget, had been named acting director of the CFPB and informed staff over the weekend to “cease all supervision and examination activity” and “cease all stakeholder engagement” effective immediately.

DOGE staffers gained access to CFPB on Thursday and the agency's chief operating officer informed staff via email that DOGE employees had entered the agency’s offices in D.C. and would require “read-only access” to key internal systems, according to an email reviewed by ABC News.

-ABC News’ Will Steakin and Elizabeth Schulze

Feb 09, 2025 7:40 PM

Musk attacks judge who blocked DOGE as ‘corrupt’

Over the weekend, Elon Musk used his social media platform X to target a federal judge who blocked his DOGE team from accessing sensitive taxpayer data, attacking the judge as "corrupt," with seemingly no evidence of corruption beyond the billionaire's disagreement with the ruling.

Since the ruling on Friday, Musk has posted repeatedly on X to his over 216 million followers, attacking U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer as "corrupt," calling for his impeachment, and appearing to suggest defying the court’s order -- including amplifying a post with the judge's name that now has more than 6 million impressions.

PHOTO: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington.

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington.

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Musk's targeting of the judge mirrors his previous attack campaigns, where he has turned his own social media platform and massive following into political pressure.

-ABC News’ Will Steakin

Feb 04, 2025 11:43 PM

Democrats slam Musk's influence at fiery rally outside Treasury Department

Democratic lawmakers protested tech billionaire Elon Musk's influence over government decisions outside the Treasury Department for a "Nobody Elected Elon" rally.

PHOTO: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks as U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) stands next to him, while demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Treasury Department, in Washington, Feb. 4, 2025.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks as U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) stands next to him, while demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Treasury Department after it was reported billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump's drive to shrink the federal government, has gained access to Treasury's federal payments system that sends out more than $6 trillion per year in payments on behalf of federal agencies and contains the personal information of millions of Americans, in Washington, Feb. 4, 2025.

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There were dozens of lawmakers who appeared at the protest, each one delivering fiery attacks directed toward Musk and President Donald Trump. Rep. Ayanna Pressley went as far as to calling him a "Nazi nepo baby."

"We have got to tell Elon Musk, nobody elected your ass. Nobody told you you could get all of our private information. Nobody told you you could be in charge of the payments of this country," Rep. Maxine Waters said.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa