U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected the request of 14 Democratic state attorneys general Tuesday to immediately block Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing data at federal agencies.

A federal judge declined on Tuesday to temporarily block Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal data systems at a slew of executive branch agencies.

A judge on Tuesday declined to immediately block Elon Musk's government efficiency department from directing firings of federal workers or accessing databases, but said the case raises questions about Musk's apparent unchecked authority as a top deputy to President Donald Trump.