Overview

• The Trump administration has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Maryland district court's injunction limiting DOGE's access to Social Security Administration data.
• The court order requires DOGE to delete non-anonymized citizen data, prohibits IT system modifications, and mandates security training for access to anonymized data.
• Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander ruled that DOGE had obtained broad access to private citizen data under dubious pretexts, with claims of a 'fraud epidemic' deemed speculative.
• Attorney General D. John Sauer has criticized the Maryland court's injunction as exceeding its legal authority, intensifying the legal standoff over DOGE's operations.
• Elon Musk, tasked with leading DOGE's federal restructuring efforts, has recently signaled plans to reduce his involvement in Washington to refocus on Tesla.