Elon Musk's staggering wealth has exploded since the election, and a Democratic lawmaker cast suspicion on his motives for gaining control of the federal government's payment system. The tech billionaire and his DOGE lackeys have gained access to the Treasury Department's system for issuing payments,

A federal judge early Saturday temporarily blocked billionaire Elon Musk's government efficiency team from accessing government systems used to process trillions of dollars in payments, citing a risk that sensitive information could be improperly disclosed.

A group of labor unions led by the American Federation of Teachers have sued to block the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency from accessing their private information from the Education Department,