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Judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing Americans' sensitive data
Elon Musk and his team of cost-cutters at the Department of Government Efficiency have found their next target, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But security concerns about their actions - ...CBS News - Feb. 8 -
Federal judge hands Musk’s DOGE a win on data access at 3 agencies
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency can continue to access sensitive records from at least three federal agencies, a judge ruled.ABC News - 5d -
Judge blocks DOGE from accessing personal data at Treasury
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk and his new Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive treasury department records, including the personal data of millions of ...NBC News - Feb. 8 -
Judge blocks DOGE team from accessing Treasury data on taxpayers
The lawsuit alleged the breach of sensitive Treasury Department data "poses huge cybersecurity risks" and violates multiple federal laws.ABC News - Feb. 9 -
Chutkan refuses to block Musk, DOGE from 7 federal agencies
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday refused the request of 14 Democratic state attorneys general to immediately impose wide-ranging restrictions on Elon Musk’s Department of Government ...The Hill - 1d -
Judge temporarily blocks Musk’s ‘Doge’ team from accessing treasury records
Injunction granted in response to lawsuit alleging the Trump administration allowed Musk’s team access to sensitive data in violation of federal law. A federal judge early on Saturday blocked Elon ...The Guardian - Feb. 8 -
Judge blocks Musk, DOGE from accessing Treasury payment systems
A federal judge in an overnight ruling Saturday blocked Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment systems used to dole out ...The Hill - Feb. 8 -
Federal Judge Declines to Block Musk’s Team From Having Access to Education Data
The ruling said that the students who sued had failed to show that sensitive information had been illegally disseminated in a way that would justify an emergency restraining order.The New York Times - 2d -
Judge refuses to block DOGE’s access to student borrower data
A federal judge Monday evening declined to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from gaining access to Education Department data on student borrowers. U.S. District Judge ...The Hill - 2d -
Judge denies request to temporarily block DOGE's mass firings, access to data
A federal judge denied an urgent request to temporarily block Elon Musk and DOGE from firing employees or accessing records from a half a dozen government agencies.ABC News - 1d -
Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s access to US Treasury data
Order follows legal challenge by 19 Democratic state attorneys-general over risk to sensitive informationFinancial Times - Feb. 9 -
Musk calls to impeach judge whose order blocks DOGE from Treasury systems access
Musk wants to impeach a federal judge after an order temporarily restricts his team from accessing the Treasury Department's payment systems and sensitive data.CNBC - Feb. 10 -
Judge continues to block Musk, DOGE from Treasury data while mulling injunction
A judge says she will continue to block DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury Department payment systems while she decides whether to issue a preliminary injunction.ABC News - 5d -
IRS reportedly preparing to give Musk’s Doge agency access to taxpayer data
US tax agency has received request for access to classified system containing personal financial records of US taxpayers. The US federal tax collection agency is reportedly preparing to give a team ...The Guardian - 3d -
Musk calls for impeachment of judge who blocked DOGE access at Treasury
Elon Musk is calling for the impeachment of the federal judge who made a decision early Saturday morning that the Treasury Department should block access to anyone “other than civil servants with a ...The Hill - Feb. 9 -
Musk calls for annual firing of judges after blocked DOGE access at Treasury
Tech billionaire Elon Musk called for the annual firing of judges following an early Saturday decision from a judge stating that the Treasury Department should bar access to its payment systems to ...The Hill - Feb. 9 -
Musk says judge that blocked DOGE access should be impeached
As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk continue to reshape the federal government, another judge temporarily blocks DOGE’s access to the Treasury Department — with Musk saying that judge should be ...NBC News - Feb. 10 -
Judge won’t block DOGE from accessing Labor Department systems
A federal judge Friday evening refused to block the Labor Department from giving Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to confidential systems or firing employees for ...The Hill - Feb. 8 -
US Judge Extends Order to Block DOGE From Treasury Department Data
A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the US Treasury Department.Wired - 5d -
New York leads multistate lawsuit to block DOGE from accessing Americans' personal data
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 18 other state attorneys general sued the Trump administration in an effort to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing ...NBC News - Feb. 8 -
Federal judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury Department payment systems
A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, employees from accessing a sensitive Treasury Department system.NBC News - Feb. 9 -
Judge extends temporary restraining order barring DOGE from accessing personal data
A federal judge extended the temporary restraining order barring Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, from accessing Treasury Department records containing the personal ...CBS News - 5d -
Trump rebukes judge blocking DOGE access at Treasury as 'crazy'
President Trump rebuked a federal judge’s decision that the Treasury Department should block access to anyone “other than civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties” from its ...The Hill - Feb. 9 -
Judge adjusts ruling blocking Musk, DOGE from Treasury Department payment systems
A federal judge Tuesday clarified that a ruling preventing Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment systems does not extend to ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Judge blocks Musk team access to Treasury Department records
Nineteen state attorneys general sued the Trump administration after the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) was given access.BBC News - Feb. 8 -
Elon Musk’s DOGE Seeks Access to Americans’ Data, Alarming Government Employees
Employees from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are gaining access to vast amounts of information held by federal agencies, even as lawsuits try to stop them.The New York Times - 1d -
Judge Declines to Block Musk Team’s Foray Into Federal Agencies
A coalition of states had sought to temporarily block Elon Musk’s operatives from having access to sensitive data and ordering mass firings.The New York Times - 1d -
Judge Lets Musk’s Team Keep Access to Records at Some Agencies, for Now
Judge John D. Bates ruled that he had grave concerns about the privacy issues raised but that the case did not meet the high legal bar for immediately blocking access.The New York Times - 5d -
Judge blocks Trump from firing head of US agency that investigates corruption
Ruling reinstates Hampton Dellinger to office of special counsel as president targets bureaucrats with mass layoffs. A judge blocked Donald Trump ’s attempt to fire the head of a body that ...The Guardian - Feb. 13 -
Musk’s ‘efficiency’ agency site adds data from controversial rightwing thinktank
Website of ‘Doge’ includes information published by thinktank CEI, which claims to fight ‘climate alarmism’. Flanked by Donald Trump in the Oval Office this week, Elon Musk claimed his ...The Guardian - Feb. 12 -
Judge to consider order to keep DOGE from accessing student loan databases
Attorneys for a group of California students cited an Elon Musk tweet in arguing that Musk's DOGE agency should be blocked from accessing federal student loan records.ABC News - Feb. 10 -
Elon Musk defends DOGE as Trump orders agencies to comply with cuts
Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest man, took questions for the first time since the president gave him broad authority to overhaul the executive branch.CBS News - Feb. 12 -
From X to DOGE: Inside Elon Musk’s ‘playbook’ of sweeping job cuts
NBC News Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard and CNBC Tech Reporter Lora Kolodny join Meet the Press NOW to discuss the Trump administration’s sweeping federal job cuts and their similarities to Elon ...NBC News - 22h -
Judge tells health agencies to restore website data
Presented by American Medical Association — A federal judge has directed health agencies to restore webpages and online datasets that were recently removed in response to an executive order from ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Judge blocks Trump administration from cutting research funding after 22 states sue
A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration's radical changes to how the National Institutes of Health pays for biomedical research, putting on hold a plan to slash research funding ...NBC News - Feb. 10 -
Noem defends Musk’s access to personal data
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended tech billionaire Elon Musk’s access to sensitive data housed within DHS’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), saying he’s ...The Hill - Feb. 9 -
Judge Halts DOGE Access to Treasury Payment Systems
The order came in response to a lawsuit filed by 19 attorneys general accusing the president of failing to faithfully execute the nation’s laws when he let DOGE comb through federal computer systems.The New York Times - Feb. 8
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