Maryland's first-in-the-nation tax on digital ads violated Big Tech's free speech, judges say

A federal appeals court says it won’t lift restrictions on the access that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has to Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans.

A federal appeals court is allowing billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to once again access people’s private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management.

RICHMOND, Va. A divided federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower courts decision blocking the enforcement in Maryland of Trump administration rules that prohibit taxpayer-funded family planning clinics in the Title X program from making abortion referrals. The decision, which came in a lawsuit filed by Baltimore city officials, means Maryland remains the only state where enforcement of the rules is enjoined. Abortion opponents and religious conservatives have argued Title X has long been used to indirectly subsidize abortion providers. He said in a statement that it would protect thousands of patients who rely on the program for contraception and other family planning services. Judge Julius Richardson, who was nominated by President Donald Trump, wrote a dissenting opinion and was joined by five other judges.