Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency faced legal and personnel challenges Thursday. A federal judge temporarily barred the Treasury Department from sharing payment system data and a key staffer resigned over racist social media posts.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the head of DOGE, has said he wants to cut the federal budget by $2 trillion a year and has begun a process of collecting information ahead of drastic cuts in many government departments. If federal departments stop DOGE data collection, it could have a major impact on Trump's plan to impose major cuts on the federal budget.