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Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management on Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Court blocks OPM ‘loyalty question’ from use in agency job applications

A federal judge issued a pause on the Trump administration’s inclusion of a question that asked applicants how they’d advance the president’s agenda and policies.
A security camera is installed as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand guard in front of protesters outside Delaney Hall on May 29, 2026 in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Appeals court keeps block on IRS from sharing taxpayer data with ICE

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said some of the Trump administration’s arguments were “weak sauce” and the data-sharing “indisputably contravenes” privacy law.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference on Social Security in front of the U.S. Capitol on May 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Democratic members of Congress spoke about how President Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts are impacting Social Security. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Lawsuit seeks release of SSA records on DOGE’s voter data agreement

Democracy Forward is suing the Social Security Administration over unfulfilled FOIA requests following a DOJ filing that revealed DOGE’s pact with a group looking for “evidence of…
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The Internal Revenue Service building on Feb. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Court blocks IRS from sharing taxpayer addresses with ICE

A federal judge sided with plaintiffs who argued that the data-sharing pact violated privacy laws, putting immigrants at risk of their information being “impermissibly used” by ICE.
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.
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