A federal judge on Friday extended an earlier decision barring employees with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing a sensitive federal payment system at the Treasury Department.

U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas partially granted the request of 19 Democratic attorneys general, who are suing to block the DOGE team from the Bureau of Fiscal Service. The system handles 90 percent of federal payments.

However, Vargas narrowed her earlier decision, which had barred all political appointees and special government employees except Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other senior department leaders who received Senate........

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