Fourteen states led by New Mexico sued the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, on Thursday challenging the alleged “unlawful delegation of executive power to Elon Musk” they say has unraveled federal agencies and “caused widespread disruption”—as criticism of Elon Musk’s increasingly powerful agency builds.

Two federal judges will consider on Friday whether Elon Musk's government cost-cutting team known as DOGE will have access to Treasury Department payment systems and potentially sensitive data at U.S.

A group of US state Attorneys-General on Thursday said President Donald Trump illegally appointed billionaire Elon Musk to spearhead the affairs of the Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE. This is as they sued to halt the efforts of Musk to slash federal spending as head of President Donald Trump’s new government efficiency agency,