The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Trump administration in two major cases involving the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), granting it broad access to Social Security data and shielding it from transparency obligations under the Freedom of Information Act. These rulings, passed by the conservative majority, enable DOGE—once headed by Elon Musk—to gather sensitive personal data while exempting it from disclosure laws, sparking privacy concerns and escalating political and legal disputes.