Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldA federal judge in New York has temporarily blocked Elon Musk and his team from accessing the US Treasury department\u2019s payments data, warning that it risked leading to the disclosure of sensitive information. The order issued on Saturday morning is a new legal blow to the technology billionaire and his closest allies\u2019 push to comb through federal payments in a bid to slash US government costs. The court\u2019s move came in response to a legal challenge from 19 Democratic state attorneys-general, who argued that Musk\u2019s unofficial \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency\u201d unit, which was set up by President Donald Trump, should not have access to personal information relating to millions of Americans. In the court order Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York wrote that the \u201cnew policy\u201d presented a risk of \u201cdisclosure of sensitive and confidential information\u201d and a \u201cheightened risk that the systems in question will be more vulnerable than before to hacking\u201d. He ordered that any \u201cpolitical appointees, special government employees, and any government employee\u201d from outside the US Treasury should be restricted from accessing the agency\u2019s data, and should destroy any information they had obtained since Trump\u2019s inauguration last month.The order is expected to remain in place at least until a court hearing which has been set for February 14. The judge\u2019s order highlights how the wide-ranging push by Trump and Musk to selectively slash government spending is facing its biggest hurdles in court, as it tests the limits of executive power as well as America\u2019s privacy laws.Earlier this week, a federal judge in the District of Columbia ruled that outsiders should not be granted access to the Treasury\u2019s payments data, in response to a separate legal challenge brought by representatives of retirees and government employees. The White House has tried to quell fears that Musk, who has been designated a \u201cspecial government employee\u201d, is running a rogue operation. But Democrats are increasingly sounding alarm bells about the activities of \u201cDOGE\u201d. \u201cDOGE\u2019s actions represent a two-front invasion of Americans\u2019 financial security and privacy,\u201d Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate finance committee, wrote in a letter to the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, which manages government pensions for millions of Americans. The Treasury department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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