DOGE Can Keep Access to Treasury Payment Systems, Court Says (2)

A group of unions lost their bid to temporarily halt the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the Treasury Department’s payments system.

The groups “have not cleared the ‘high standard’ of showing a likelihood of an irreparable injury that is ‘beyond remediation,’” Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, wrote in a Friday opinion.

The ruling comes after the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in February issued a preliminary injunction restraining DOGE’s access to the Treasury’s systems, citing the “chaotic and haphazard” launch of the Treasury’s DOGE team. ...