DOGE’s ‘Are You Alive’ Push for Americans’ Data Delayed by Judge

A federal judge in Maryland admonished the Trump administration for trying to rush her into lifting restrictions on an Elon Musk team seeking access to the private Social Security Administration information of millions of Americans.

The US Justice Department on Thursday gave the judge three hours’ notice that four of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency employees would be granted access to data she’d previously barred unless the judge objected. Two are involved in an “Are You Alive Project” that an agency official said is part of a broader effort to root out fraud and waste.