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A federal judge in Washington Monday morning appeared inclined to deny an urgent request to temporarily block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from firing employees or accessing sensitive records from a half-dozen federal departments.

After a nearly hourlong virtual hearing, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said she planned to issue a ruling within 24 hours on a request by 14 state attorneys general to issue a temporary restraining order that would block DOGE from firing employees or accessing data from the departments of Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, Energy, Transportation, Commerce, and the Office of Personnel Management.

Describing the states’ request as “prophylactic,” Chutkan expressed skepticism about issuing a wide-reaching order while the plaintiffs struggled to prove a concrete harm stemming from DOGE’s conduct.

“The court can’t act based on the media reports. We can't do that,” Chutkan said. “The things that I'm hearing are concerning indeed and troubling indeed but I have to have a record, and I have to make a finding the facts before I issue something.”

She said that in order to issue such an urgent temporary restraining order, the states would have to prove a threat of “extreme” and “imminent harm” that “can’t be undone,” but having to “scramble to rehire” might be difficult and challenging, but it can be done.

“I’m not seeing it so far,” Chutkan said.

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-From ABC News’ Peter Charalambous, Mike Levine and Katherine Faulders

Elon Musk's DOGE appears to have missed another deadline to provide updates on its "savings" efforts across the U.S. government.

Last week, DOGE initially promised to update its new website with figures by Valentine’s Day. When it missed that deadline, it pushed the update to "over the weekend." Unless DOGE is counting Monday as part of a three-day weekend, it has once again failed to meet its deadline, as the website remains unchanged.

DOGE also announced over 30 DOGE-affiliated agency accounts on X, including DOGE DOJ, DOGE SSA and DOGE NASA -- and are asking users on X to use the affiliated X accounts to submit ideas around "reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, along with any helpful insights or awesome ideas."

-ABC News' Will Steakin

As President Trump nears the end of his first month in office, his administration has attempted to fend off a flood of lawsuits challenging his unilateral effort to reshape the federal government.

With at least 73 lawsuits filed to challenge Trump’s policies, the president has effectively been sued four times for every business day he has occupied the Oval Office, frequently resulting in temporary orders that have stymied his executive actions.

On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan will hold a virtual hearing to potentially resolve the emergency motion by 14 states seeking to block Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from continuing to overhaul and cut the federal government.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous and Katherine Faulders

"Several hundred" Federal Aviation Administration employees have received termination notices, according to their union and another source inside the FAA.

David Spero, the national president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, said in a statement that the organization was "troubled and disappointed by the administration's decision to fire FAA probationary employees PASS represents without cause nor based on performance or conduct."

Spero said "several hundred employees" received messages from an "exec order" Microsoft email address -- not an official .gov email address -- from 7 pm ET on Feb. 14.

"These are not nameless, faceless bureaucrats," Spero said. "They are our family, friends and neighbors. They contribute to our communities. Many military veterans are among them. It is shameful to toss aside dedicated public servants who have chosen to work on behalf of their fellow Americans."

"These employees were devoted to their jobs and the safety critical mission of the FAA," Spero continued. "This draconian action will increase the workload and place new responsibilities on a workforce that is already stretched thin."

"This decision did not consider the staffing needs of the FAA, which is already challenged by understaffing," he added.

"Staffing decisions should be based on an individual agency's mission-critical needs," Spero said. "To do otherwise is dangerous when it comes to public safety. And it is especially unconscionable in the aftermath of three deadly aircraft accidents in the past month."

-ABC News' Sam Sweeney