A U.S. judge on Friday extended a block on Elon Musk's government cost-cutting team known as DOGE from accessing Treasury Department systems responsible for trillions of dollars in payments. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan granted a request from 19 Democratic state attorneys general for a preliminary injunction on DOGE's access to the systems,

Judge Jeannette A. Vargas issued a preliminary injunction on Friday but said she may lift the ban if the Treasury Department certifies by March 24 that DOGE members have received required cybersecurity training.