Judge Chutkan denies states’ request to block Musk and DOGE access to records

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A judge in Washington, D.C., declined to grant a restraining order against the Department of Government Efficiency on Tuesday, handing the Trump administration a small victory as it works through numerous lawsuits related to the newly established spending advisory body.

Judge Tanya Chutkan, an Obama appointee, said the 14 states that requested the temporary restraining order against DOGE and White House senior adviser Elon Musk did not prove they would “suffer imminent, irreparable harm” without it.

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