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 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,

A federal judge in New York extended a ban prohibiting Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment system. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas issued a ruling on Friday granting a preliminary injunction requested by 19 Democratic state attorneys general to keep DOGE from accessing the records while the case plays