The states still have the opportunity to pursue the case on the merits, and file for a preliminary injunction. That would provide a new opportunity to seek to stop Musk and DOGE’s access to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy, Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Transportation.

A federal judge has refused to block the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing federal employee data or making personnel changes, a

A federal judge on Tuesday declined to stop Elon Musk and the White House's Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, from accessing data systems at seven federal agencies and firing or putting their employees on leave.

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

The decision came in a lawsuit filed by 14 Democratic states, including Oregon, challenging DOGE’s authority to access sensitive government data.

A federal judge declined on Tuesday to temporarily block Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal data systems at a slew of executive branch agencies.

Unnamed government employees suffered a setback in their legal efforts to stop the White House from emailing executive branch employees. On Monday, a

A judge granted DOGE access to databases at the Department of Education, denying a request by students to halt access based on privacy concerns.

The judge found some of the concerns raised by the University of California Student Association "entirely conjectural."