{
  "id": 14232285,
  "title": "Supreme Court will hear the Trump administration’s argument that DOGE is exempt from the public-records law",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/supreme-court-will-hear-the-trump-administrations-argument-that-doge",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T15:09:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/10/13/trump-elon-musk-doge-supreme-court/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments from the Trump administration regarding a lawsuit seeking public records from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). This is the second time the high court has intervened in the case, which was initially dismissed by a district court last year. The court's conservative majority ruled that U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper had been too broad in ordering the production of DOGE-related records to the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The administration claims that DOGE is not a federal agency and should therefore be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). CREW argues that DOGE is indeed a federal agency and therefore falls under FOIA's purview. The Trump administration also claims that an appeals court panel ignored the Supreme Court's orders and improperly allowed the plaintiffs to conduct a sworn deposition of DOGE's acting administrator, Amy Gleason. CREW maintains that the appeals court followed the Supreme Court's previous directive. CREW asserts that the public has a right to know how DOGE contributed to the administration's overhaul of government operations in 2025.",
  "summary": "The justices will consider whether DOGE is a federal agency subject to FOIA or a presidential advisory body exempt from disclosure rules",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}