Elon Musk remains influential post-White House as Supreme Court supported Donald Trump, allowing Doge access to Social Security data and raising privacy concerns

The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration two victories on Friday in cases involving the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), including giving it access to Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans.

The justices also separately reined in orders seeking transparency at Doge, the team once led by billionaire Elon Musk.

The court’s conservative majority sided with the Trump administration in the first Supreme Court appeals involving Doge. The three liberal justices dissented in both cases.

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