A Federal Judge Is To Consider Whether To Block Doge Access To The Us Labor Department

A federal judge will consider Friday whether to block Trump adviser Elon Musk 's team from accessing systems at the Labor Department, which has investigated the billionaire's companies.

Three unions sued to keep DOGE workers out of the systems that they say contain sensitive information about workers, including those who have filed safety complaints about their employers.

The Labor Department also has information about investigations into Musk's companies such as SpaceX and Tesla, as well as information about competitors' trade secrets, the unions said in their suit.

The Justice Department said the unions are just speculating, and haven't shown DOGE employees would get access to the information they're worried about. Three DOGE employees have been detailed to the Labor Department to carry out its cost-cutting mission, they say.

U.S. District Judge John Bates, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush, is hearing the case.