The Trump administration was sued multiple times over the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday.
After his election win in November 2024, Trump announced he would set up DOGE with co-chairs Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.
Trump tapped the two business titans to head DOGE, a nongovernmental task force assigned to find ways to terminate federal workers, cut programs, and slash federal regulations. The three have said they want to cut as much as $2 trillion in government spending.
At least four lawsuits were filed on Monday by multiple groups in a federal court in Washington. One was filed against DOGE by the American Federation of Teachers, Minority Veterans of America, the American Public Health Association, the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and others….