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As Elon Musk's DOGE continues to target federal agencies like the Social Security Administration and Internal Revenue Service, the world's richest man has now set his sights on U.S. gold reserves at Fort Knox.

In recent days, Musk repeatedly posted about wanting to "make sure" the gold is still at the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky, which holds approximately 147.3 million ounces of gold, according to the U.S. Mint.

Musk has cast doubt on whether the gold remains at Fort Knox, writing on X: "This gold is the property of the American people. I sure hope it's still there!"

"Who is confirming that gold wasn't stolen from Fort Knox?" Musk also posted.

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin visited the facility in 2017 during President Donald Trump's first administration. The vault was last opened to journalists and a congressional delegation back in 1974. According to the U.S. Mint website, "The Treasury Secretary allows the visit when rumors persist that all the gold had been removed from the vaults."

Musk on Monday even floated the idea of live-streaming a walkthrough of Fort Knox, responding to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' coverage of his comments by suggesting he'd like to film inside the vaults.

-ABC News' Will Steakin

The top official at the Social Security Administration stepped down after a clash with DOGE employees over access to sensitive personal records, two sources told ABC News.

Michelle King, a career official who served at the agency for more than 30 years, was serving as acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration but left the agency after she was replaced with Leland Dudek this weekend.

Sources said that DOGE employees were seeking access to an internal data system that houses the sensitive, personal information of Americans.

It's not clear if DOGE employees ultimately gained access to the system following the dispute with King.

Read ABC News' full coverage here.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott, Will Steakin, Katherine Faulders and Molly Nagle

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has denied a request to temporarily bar individuals associated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive student loan records maintained by the Department of Education.

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss determined that the risk of harm from DOGE’s access to the records was “far from likely” and denied a request for a temporary restraining order made by the University of California Student Association.

The decision is yet another legal win for DOGE following a Friday decision allowing it to access sensitive records at the Department of Labor, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Health and Human Services.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous and Arthur Jones II

A U.S. foreign service officer deployed overseas blamed President Donald Trump administration's "cruel and harmful shutdown" of USAID for threatening the lives of his pregnant wife and unborn child, according to court documents filed Monday night.

Identified in an affidavit only as Terry Doe, the foreign service officer explained in vivid detail how the emotional strain, financial burden and logistical hurdles brought on by the administration's "rushed, haphazard" attempt to dismantle the aid agency left him and his wife in a "life-threatening emergency."

After a local physician and the embassy's medical unit advised her to be medically evacuated out of the country, Doe continued, the State Department twice refused Doe's request, along "with a message stating that 'there is no USAID funding for medivacs.'"

Read ABC News' full coverage here.