The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it will begin winding down production of the penny, ending more than 230 years of minting the 1-cent coin.

U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas gave permission for four DOGE employees to access the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which essentially serves as the checkbook for the federal government. Vargas said she would no longer require the Trump administration to get permission from the court before expanding access to other DOGE representatives.

A federal judge ruled the department’s DOGE team could access sensitive financial information on millions of Americans, but must be vetted and trained first.

A judge has ruled that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency can now access a U.S. Treasury payment system that dolls out trillions of dollars in federal money.