The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear a case on whether a watchdog group can get records about the Department of Government Efficiency, NBC News and the Washington Examiner reported.

The group is called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW. It wants DOGE to answer a public records request. The Trump administration says DOGE is only an advisory body for the president. It says that means the records law does not apply.

The key question is whether DOGE is an agency that must answer such requests, NBC News reported. A lower court let CREW gather some facts to help answer that question. The administration says this kind of broad fact-finding goes too far into the work of the executive branch, the Washington Examiner reported.

The case reached the high court once before. In June 2025, the justices ruled 6-3 to narrow the lower court's order, the Washington Examiner reported. CREW then asked for less. It now wants DOGE's guidance to its workers on canceling contracts and firing federal workers, NBC News reported.

"We will continue to pursue transparency for the American people," said Nikhel Sus, a lawyer for CREW, NBC News reported. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment, NBC reported.

DOGE was led early on by Elon Musk. It played a key role in firing thousands of federal workers. Its work has since dwindled, NBC News reported. A ruling is due by the end of June.

What we know: The Supreme Court will decide whether courts can order fact-finding into whether DOGE must answer records requests.
What we don't: How the justices will rule, and what records CREW might eventually get.