The agreement maintained access for two DOGE officials, Tom Krause and Marko Elez, but Elez later resigned after The Wall Street Journal asked the White House about a social media account that "advocated racism and eugenics."

The U.S. DOGE Service, the group run by billionaire Elon Musk, is facing new lawsuits and court orders in its attempts to wrest control over various government agencies. In one action on Thursday, a judge issued an order allowing only two named DOGE officials to have access to a Treasury Department system that makes billions of dollars in annual payments on behalf of the government.