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News Wrap: Supreme Court allows DOGE to access Social Security systems

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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41K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Friday, the Supreme Court allowed members of the Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems that contain personal information on millions of Americans, the Trump administration is asking the court to allow its plans to dismantle the Department of Education to proceed and the U.S. economy added fewer jobs in May but the pace of hiring remained steady. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Start the day's other headlines at the Supreme Court. This afternoon, justices decided to allow

0:05.7

members of the Department of Government Efficiency or Doge to access social security systems that

0:11.4

contain personal information on millions of Americans. That includes school records, salary details,

0:17.4

and medical information. The Trump administration had argued that Doge needs that information

0:22.7

to root out waste and fraud. A lower court found that Doge's efforts amounted to a fishing expedition.

0:29.0

Separately, the court found the team once led by Elon Musk, Musk does not have to turn over

0:34.3

internal records to a government watchdog group. The court's three liberal

0:38.4

members dissented in both rulings. The Trump administration is also asking the Supreme

0:44.0

Court to allow its plans to dismantle the Department of Education to proceed. Today, the Justice

0:50.0

Department filed an emergency appeal asking the justices to pause a lower court order that

0:55.7

would reinstate some 1,400 agency employees. The government argues the judge in the case

1:01.0

exceeded his authority. Separately, a federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump's latest

1:06.6

effort to prevent Harvard from enrolling international students. On Wednesday, President Trump

1:11.8

issued a proclamation that barred such students from entering the U.S. citing national security

1:17.2

grounds. International students make up about a quarter of Harvard's student body. The U.S. economy

1:23.7

added fewer jobs in May than the month before, though the pace of hiring remained steady.

1:29.1

The Department of Labor said this morning that employers added 139,000 jobs slightly more than

1:35.2

expected. Strong hiring in the health care and restaurant sectors helped offset a drop in federal

1:40.8

government jobs. And the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2% despite ongoing concerns about the impact

1:49.0

of President Trump's trade wars.

1:51.6

Russia hit Ukraine with a massive air attack overnight, killing at least four people and injuring

1:57.1

about 50 others.

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