Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Dispute Over Public Access to DOGE Records
The DOGE records case is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, to decide how far a federal court may go in probing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for a transparency lawsuit. The dispute, brought by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), will help determine whether lower courts may order evidence-gathering about DOGE’s authority before deciding whether the office must follow the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
The justices granted review in No. 25-1103, U.S. DOGE Service, et al. v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, et al., according to the Court’s order list. The Trump administration asked the Court to take the case. The order list shows no noted dissents, and no argument da...