Labor unions and civil-liberties groups are stepping up their legal campaign to block Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency from getting their hands on U.S. citizens’ bank-account details,

"We are taking a thoughtful approach to see where there may be opportunities for more effective and efficient use of resources in line with meeting the goals of President Trump," Andrew G. Nixon, HHS' director of communications,

Officials at Musk-led DOGE were given access to the inner workings of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency with a $2 trillion budget.