| A federal judge on Friday night rejected labor unions' push to block Elon Musk's government efficiency team from accessing sensitive data at the Labor Department. District Judge John Bates, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, said that the groups failed to properly show the standing necessary to win the temporary restraining order they sought against the Department of Government Efficiency, while expressing sympathy for their concerns that the Musk-led effort presents privacy risks. "This data includes the medical and financial records of millions of Americans," Bates wrote in a nine-page order. "But on the current record, plaintiffs have failed to establish standing." Read the latest
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