The Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for the Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans.

The court majority sided with the Trump administration in its first Supreme Court appeal involving DOGE, the team once led by billionaire Elon Musk. The three liberal justices dissented.

The high court halted an order from a judge in Maryland restricting the team’s access to the Social Security Administration under federal privacy laws. 3

The agency holds sensitive data on nearly everyone in the country, including school records, salary details and medical information.

The Trump administration says DOGE needs access to carry out its mission of targeting waste and fraud in the federal government. Musk had been

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