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Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on July 8, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Court taps brakes on IRS’s data-sharing pact with ICE

The tax agency will have to provide the D.C. district court and plaintiffs with 24 hours notice before transmitting bulk data sets to ICE.

Sep 9, 2025 By Matt Bracken

A sign in front of the entrance of the Security Administration’s main campus on March 19, 2025 in Woodlawn, Md. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Judge blocks DOGE access to Social Security systems, calls for deletion of data

Under the order, all DOGE team members associated with the organization's work at SSA must disgorge and delete all non-anonymized personal information they obtained from SSA systems.

Mar 21, 2025 By Billy Mitchell

Elon Musk, who oversees the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), wears a “Tech Support” t-shirt as he speaks during the first cabinet meeting of Trump’s second term, on Feb. 26, 2025. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Democracy Forward requests records on DOGE’s reported AI use

A legal organization that’s challenged the Trump administration filed several FOIA requests probing use of AI in personnel decisions.

Mar 3, 2025 By Madison Alder