He had been worried for weeks that his job would be cut as part of the next round of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal workforce. The worker, who prefers to remain anonymous for fear of retribution,

The acting head of the SSA, Leland Dudek - who has been cooperating with DOGE - said the order blocking "DOGE affiliates" from the agency's systems was so broad it could apply to all staff, according to remarks reported by Bloomberg.

U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled in favor of a group of more than two dozen unnamed former and current USAID employees and contractors.