A federal judge on Tuesday blocked billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from taking any more steps to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, saying their efforts to close the foreign aid agency likely violated the U.

The order requires the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of USAID, including those put on administrative leave.

Musk and DOGE are also prohibited from disclosing information from any current or former employee's personnel or security clearance file, from closing USAID buildings, and from pe