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Trump Asks SCOTUS to Allow DOGE Access to Sensitive Social Security Data

HeadlineMay 05, 2025

On Friday, the Trump administration filed an emergency appeal asking the Supreme Court to let members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access sensitive Social Security records of hundreds of millions of people. In March, one federal judge described DOGE’s efforts as a “fishing expedition” that was “in search of a fraud epidemic, based on little more than suspicion.”

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