A federal judge has blocked a bid to deny the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to sensitive federal databases containing personal information on American citizens as the agency continues its mission of investigating potential fraud at the Social Security administration.
The organization, overseen by billionaire and Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, had sought broad access to multiple federal agency systems as part of its fraud prevention initiative.
Yahoo Finance's Washington Correspondent Ben Werkschul and Senior Columnist Rick Newman examine DOGE's efforts to reform Social Security and debate whether such extensive data access is truly necessary to address the program's challenges.
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This post was written by Angel Smith