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Taxpayer advocates and unions filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing and retaining sensitive data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
This is the first case challenging the Trump administration’s actions to head to SCOTUS.
The White House said Monday that Elon Musk is not an employee of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and doesn’t lead the agency, instead solely serving as a senior advisor to President Donald Trump.
Dozens of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees sued Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for unconstitutionally wielding extreme power in destroying agencies and accessing sensitive information, constituting a “government takeover.”
A district court judge today lifted a pause on the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” offer to federal workers. The offer allows federal employees to resign and continue retaining pay and benefits through September.
Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates, who defended the city’s local voter ID law from a challenge by California Democratic officials, was appointed to be the deputy assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division.
The agency is a crucial resources for helping states administer safe and secure elections.
Ed Martin was part of the mob at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now, he’s one of the top attorneys in the country, running the agency that successfully prosecuted over 1,500 insurrectionists.
Elon Musk’s DOGE is blocked from accessing Treasury systems that contain personal and sensitive date for millions of people.
A federal judge today ordered the Trump administration to resume payments for federal programs after the White House violated a previous order blocking a federal funding freeze.