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 05, 2025, 4:13 PM EST

Two House Democrats barged into speaker's office during Bessent meeting

As House Speaker Mike Johnson was meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Republicans' plan on taxes, two House Democrats -- Reps. Judy Chu of California and Gwen Moore of Wisconsin -- barged into the speaker’s office to confront Johnson about the Department of Government Efficiency's access to Treasury Department payment systems.

"This is unprecedent. It is illegal," Moore said.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson holds a bill signing ceremony for the Laken Riley Act in the US Capitol in Washington, Jan. 23, 2025.
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"Now we have a young man who has walked into the Treasury Department -- stuck in a thumb drive that can be used on remote laptop computers. And we don’t know why they’ve accessed this information, what information that they have, including sensitive military spending and activities. We don’t know. And what was most disturbing to me is that the speaker has no idea what they are doing," Moore added.

Chu said she got in the speaker’s office right behind Moore -- who was confronting Johnson about the treasury secretary.

Johnson paused his meeting with Bessent to speak with the two Democrats in his private office.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Feb 05, 2025, 3:45 PM EST

Protesters gather against DOGE outside Labor Department

More than 100 protesters are standing in front of the Department of Labor, protesting DOGE's efforts to gut federal agencies.

Demonstrators are holding signs that say "Nobody elected musk," "Elon owns Trump" and "Checks and balances."

This protest was organized by the AFL-CIO, Democratic lawmakers and other federal employee groups.

DOGE representatives were supposed to meet with Department of Labor staffers Wednesday.

-ABC News' Jay O'Brien

Feb 05, 2025, 3:44 PM EST

Attorney General Pam Bondi establishes 'working group' to review actions taken by those who investigated Trump

In her first hours as the nation's top law enforcement official, Attorney General Pam Bondi has issued a directive establishing a "Weaponization Working Group" that she said will be tasked with reviewing "politicized" actions of officials who investigated President Donald Trump at both the state and federal levels.

It's not clear what investigative powers the working group will have, but Bondi's directive mandates they review the prosecutions of Trump brought by special counsel Jack Smith and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, as well as the civil fraud case brought against Trump in New York by the state's attorney general, Letitia James.

President Donaldf Trump and Pam Bondi pose with a certificate after she was sworn in as US Attorney General in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 5, 2025.
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The order directs the working group to review any instances of "prosecutorial abuse" regarding the Justice Department's investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, reports of whether the FBI politically targeted Catholics and prosecutions of anti-abortion protesters accused of impeding access to reproductive health clinics.

-ABC News' Alexander Mallin

Feb 05, 2025, 2:34 PM EST

McConnell falls at Capitol, spotted in a wheelchair shortly after

Sen. Mitch McConnell took a fall on the steps in the Capitol today and was helped up by fellow senators.

Montana Sen. Steve Daines confirmed he assisted the 82-year-old former Republican leader in getting back onto his feet.

Sen. Mitch McConnell arrives with his wife, former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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"I was right behind him and I helped him get back up, and he walked on his own power to lunch," Daines said.

McConnell attended the entirety of the GOP lunch, during which senators described him as being an "engaged" participant.

After the lunch, McConnell was escorted out by a swath of staffers, at least one of whom he appeared to be clutching onto for support.

"Senator McConnell is fine," a McConnell spokesperson said. "The lingering effects of polio in his left leg will not disrupt his regular schedule of work."

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

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