Welcome to the NewsHour. It has been perhaps the most significant day of court action for the second Trump administration so far.

Multiple judges have temporarily blocked efforts by President Trump to dramatically gut the federal government, and more lawsuits are yet to come.

Laura Barone Lopez has this report.

A federal judge in Washington paused a takeover by billionaire Elon Musk and his team,

blocking their access for now from a sensitive Treasury Department payment system.

That system holds personal information on millions of Americans, from social security numbers

to bank account details.

A group of unions argued the agency was illegally sharing information with Musk's team,

known as the Department of Government Efficiency.

Also today, an effort to purge the federal government of workers has been paused until Monday by a federal judge in Massachusetts.

In an unprecedented move,

Musk's team directly emailed 2 million civilian federal workers,

urging them to take a deferred resignation offer by midnight tonight,

promising pay through September.

But unions representing workers who sued

warned of a dangerous one-two punch,

a loss of expertise,

and the rise of partisanship over truth. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt.

The last time I checked in with Office of Personnel and Management, there was more than 40,000 individuals, federal workers who had accepted the buyout program. We expect that number to

increase.

The court intervention comes as Democrats step up their fight against a sweeping power grab by Musk,

the wealthiest man in the world. Our message is very clear. Elon Musk shouldn't be allowed to steal

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