The lawsuit, brought by three federal worker unions, argued that Musk’s offer violated the Administrative Procedure Act and that the Office of Personnel Management had exceeded its authority in proposing to write checks that Congress had not yet accounted for, in violation of the Constitution’s appropriations clause.

A federal judge has indefinitely delayed a ruling on whether the Labor Department's request to block billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing internal system data.

The Trump administration’s move to fire thousands of federal employees could have a swift and severe impact on public services, staffers warned Friday, making it harder for veterans to get mental health care and hampering electric service to some rural residents as a beleaguered workforce struggles to cover for lost colleagues.