The decision is the latest development in a battle over the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to sensitive personal information.

The federal government had asked the justices to halt a judge’s order blocking DOGE from sensitive Social Security information.

Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to permit it to proceed with dismantling the Department of Education, a move that would leave school policy in the United States almost entirely in the hands of states and local boards.

The administration insisted that the proposed, wide-ranging reductions in force target “inefficiency” and are not an attempt to kneecap the agency.