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 06, 2025, 11:07 AM EST

Trump announces White House Faith Office, task force to fight alleged 'anti-Christian targeting'

While delivering remarks at his second National Prayer Breakfast event of the day Thursday morning, Trump announced that he will sign an executive order to establish a task force to what he alleged was anti-Christian bias, in addition to creating a presidential commission to uphold religious liberty.

"The mission of this task force will be to immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government," Trump said, adding that this will be headed by newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune after the National Prayer Breakfast in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 6, 2025 in Washington.
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Trump shouted out Paulette Harlow, one of the individuals he pardoned after she was sentenced for blocking access to an abortion clinic in 2020. He called Harlow one of the "Christians weaponized by the previous administration."

The president also said he will also establish the White House Faith Office to be led by Pastor Paula White.

"If we don't have religious freedom, we don't have a free country," he said. "We probably don't even have a country."

Feb 06, 2025, 9:34 AM EST

Trump says assassination attempt strengthened his belief in God

“None of us knows exactly when our time on Earth will be over," Trump said at the National Prayer Breakfast. "You never know. A truth I confronted a few short months ago when there was an incident that wasn't fun."

Trump described how the assassin's bullet narrowly missed him and his family's reaction to the attempt, including from his sons.

"It changed something in me," Trump said. "I feel even stronger. I believed in God, but I feel much more strongly about it."

President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025.
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Trump told attendees that the country needed to bring "religion back."

"People of religion are going to be happy again," he said. "Let's bring religion back. Let's bring God back into our lives."

Feb 06, 2025, 9:31 AM EST

Trump discusses DC plane crash during prayer breakfast

In remarks at the the National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol, Trump took several minutes to speak about the plane crash over Washington's Potomac River last week.

Trump said it was "horrible" tragedy that should have "never happened." He continued to speculate about the cause, stating there should have been "proper control" and "better equipment." He also claimed the U.S. Army helicopter was flying too high. An investigation is ongoing by NTSB, which has not released findings about any cause behind the crash.

President Donald Trump speaks during the annual National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025.
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At one point he compared the collision between the plane and helicopter to two golf balls hitting each other at a driving range, and how rare that is.

"I think what is going to happen is we're all gonna sit down and do a great computerized system for our control towers. Brand new," Trump said. He added he would talk to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson about a bill for a new system.

Trump said when he uses his private plane, he uses a system "from another country" because his captain says the U.S. system is "so bad."

Feb 06, 2025, 8:56 AM EST

Rubio said it's 'not our intention' to uproot USAID workers abroad, transcript shows

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told embassy officials in Guatemala this week that it was "not our intention" to uproot families deployed overseas with USAID overseas, despite the agency issuing a 30-day mandate for their return.

"I know it's hard to ask for patience. I know it's hard to ask for trust," he said, according to a partial transcript of his meet-and-greet with embassy staff obtained by ABC News.

Rubio, who was tapped to serve as the acting administrator of the aid agency, also seemed to acknowledge the administration's haphazard approach to cutting USAID, saying it was handled "in a manner that we would have preferred to be different, but we're forced to do because of impediments that we would confront."

In the transcript, Rubio reveals that the ambassador to Guatemala "handed" him a list of USAID programs in the country that he said "align with our U.S. goals and our interests." That list was the result of an all-night scramble by staff who were directed to compile it shortly after the secretary arrived in the country, according to an embassy official.

– ABC News' Shannon Kingston and Lucien Bruggeman

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