USDA restores climate and conservation content after lawsuit over Trump purge that removed key farm support tools from public websites.
IL Gov Pritzker blocks federal access to personal autism health data two days after Kennedy announces plan to probe condition’s causes.
Federal data centralization project by DOGE sparks privacy concerns over combining Social Security, tax, and medical data.
Customs and Border Protection solicits real time facial recognition tech to photograph every passenger in cars at land border crossings.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security data blocked by lower court injunction.
Appeals court rules 9–6 to block DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data without training or oversight.
Postal Inspection Service shares mail-tracking data with DHS task force to help find undocumented immigrants for Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
NIH to launch autism registry and share private medical data for RFK Jr.’s study criticized as stigmatizing and unfounded.
Justice Dept gives Musk’s DOGE access to full database of immigrants’ court records, addresses, and law enforcement history.
GSA audit finds sensitive documents were improperly uploaded to Google Drive under Biden and Trump administrations.
Musk operatives are tapping Labor Dept systems to gather data on migrant workers, visa applicants, and ex-prisoners.
Musk operatives and Palantir are building a surveillance system using SSA, tax, and voter records to track immigrants.
Trump officials asked Medicare to help track undocumented immigrants using a health database tied to Social Security numbers.
Judge allows union lawsuit over DOGE access to Labor Department records to proceed under federal privacy law.
Whistleblower report to Congress says DOGE illegally downloaded NLRB data, deleted logs, and threatened him with drone surveillance at home.
Hunter Biden whistleblower set to become third IRS chief in 3 months after predecessor quits over ICE data deal.
Dozens of DHS staffers given lie detector tests over leak probe, with at least one FEMA employee escorted out.
Homeland Security sends mass email ordering people to leave the country, including at least one U.S. citizen.
Senior Social Security executive who oversaw hundreds escorted out by security and placed on leave after opposing Musk appointee’s illegal plan to falsify records.
Judge allows one DOGE member access to Treasury data tied to Americans’ bank and Social Security info.
Musk’s DOGE hijacks computerized federal grant system, blocking agencies from posting $500B in awards.
GAO audits Musk’s DOGE after untrained operatives gained access to tax records, Social Security data, and Treasury code.
IRS chief quits week before tax day over Trump-approved deal giving ICE access to protected immigrant tax records—the third agency head in four months.
DOGE’s fraud crackdown and its untested software rollout have crippled the Social Security website, bringing it down multiple times.
Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive personal data at Education, Treasury, and OPM, overriding privacy ruling challenged by unions and veterans.
Trump administration doesn’t renew contract for translating weather alerts and forecasts, cutting access for non-English speakers.
DOGE halts all IRS modernization, plans ‘mega API’ hackathon near tax deadline with Palantir as likely partner.
Saturday court filings reveal Marko Elez, fired over racist posts, was rehired by Musk’s DOGE team with Trump’s approval to access Medicare and child support systems.
More Trump national security officials left Venmo data exposed, compounding counterintel risks from leaked Signal chat.
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who invited The Atlantic’s editor to the military planning Signal chat, also left his Venmo friends list public—exposing ties to White House officials, lobbyists, and journalists.
Database at UMD tracking hate crimes, school shootings, mass violence taken offline without warning after Trump admin pulls funding.
RNC demands voter data from 48 states as part of Trump-backed effort to cast doubt on future election integrity.
Judge indefinitely blocks Musk’s DOGE from accessing Education Department data on union members, student borrowers, and veterans, calling the mass data sharing likely illegal.