Supreme Court Hands DOGE Two Key Victories Over Data Access, Document Requests

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a pair of orders Friday allowing President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive databases at the Social Security Administration, while temporarily shielding DOGE from having to turn over internal documents in a transparency lawsuit.

In one case, the court said an internal DOGE team at the Social Security Administration could access "agency records" in order for members of the team to "do their work." In another , the court said a lower court allowed overly intrusive discovery into the U.S. DOGE Service, the executive branch's centralized hub for the Trump White House's massive cost-cutting initiative.