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.
The wide-ranging request would have included banning DOGE employees and Musk from making any changes to government spending, canceling government contracts, hiring and firing employees, throwing away government property, and altering computer systems.
The Democratic state attorneys general also wanted DOGE employees and Musk to destroy any data they gathered “through…
