The three-judge panel found the Trump administration is likely to show that DOGE's involvement doesn't violate the Constitution. The appeals court blocked a ruling from U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland, who found that DOGE’s actions violated the appointments clause.

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled the Department of Government Efficiency may continue operating at the United States Agency for International Development.

The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower-court judge’s injunction that had temporarily blocked Musk and DOGE from playing any role