A group of state attorneys general sued to block the Trump administration’s policy of allowing political appointees and “special government employees” championed by Elon Musk access to government data.

A federal judge has refused to immediately block Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.

A judge declined to immediately block Elon Musk's government efficiency department but said the case raises questions about Musk's apparent unchecked authority as a top deputy to President Donald Trump.

A lawsuit seeking to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing federal data systems and firing agency employees was declined by a federal judge on Tuesday. The suit,

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's government efficiency team has been temporarily blocked from accessing certain government systems, according to a federal judge's ruling on Saturday.

A U.S. judge on Friday extended a block on Elon Musk's government cost-cutting team known as DOGE from accessing Treasury Department systems responsible for trillions of dollars in payments. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan granted a request from 19 Democratic state attorneys general for a preliminary injunction on DOGE's access to the systems,

U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas granted a motion from over a dozen Democratic state attorneys general to order a preliminary injunction halting DOGE's access to the payment system.