The U.S. Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) is intensifying its efforts to gain unrestricted access to sensitive Social Security Administration (SSA) data amid significant staff cuts and office closures.

During every change in administration, some federal attorneys leave the government. This year, however, it’s been “turnover on steroids,” one D.C. lawyer said.

Critics slam Trump’s DOGE as overreach—yet cheered bigger power grabs under Biden. In truth, DOGE may be too mild to reverse decades of federal sprawl.

Attorneys Mark Lemley and Shawn Musgrave discuss the legal challenges of taking on the Trump administration’s executive overreach.

Why did DOGE so blatantly target an organization that isn’t part of the executive branch and only receives congressional funding to prevent outside influence? The answer lies in the valuable real estate of USIP’s headquarters: a $500 million building in a prime location between the Potomac River and the National Mall.

A May 2 report from the US Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) found that as of March, the Internal Revenue Service