A coalition of over a dozen U.S. states say they are planning to file a lawsuit in an effort to block billionaire Elon Musk’s team of cost-cutters from accessing sensitive federal government payment systems containing personal data on Americans.

Department of Justice lawyers proposed on Wednesday night temporarily restricting the Elon Musk-headed Department of Government Efficiency's access to sensitive Treasury payment system information. Why it matters: The proposed order that would limit to two Treasury Department employees affiliated with DOGE "read only" access to the data comes in response to a lawsuit that seeks to block DOGE's access to sensitive data.

DOGE surrogates Marko Elez, 25, and Tom Krause may continue to have ‘read-only’ access to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service