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.

A federal judge is likely to quickly decide whether to let Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency resume accessing Treasury Department records containing sensitive personal data for millions

DOGE was sued on the grounds that Musk's team was composed of “political appointees” and not “civil servants” specially trained to protect sensitive information like Social Security numbers.

The Justice Department urged a New York federal judge to roll back a judicial order over the weekend that restricted access to a critical Treasury Department payment system, with members of the Trump administration publicly contemplating resistance to judicial orders.