Trump administration live updates: Trump, NATO leader to meet at White House

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Department of Government Efficiency to hand over key documents that may shed light on the group’s attempt to reduce the size of the federal government.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan – who previously oversaw President Donald Trump’s election interference case – ordered the government to turn over materials related to DOGE and Elon Musk’s efforts to reduce the size of federal agencies, freeze federal contracts, access sensitive databases and terminate federal employees.

“The court concludes that granting expedited discovery is in the best interest of all parties,” Chutkan wrote.

The order comes after a group of 14 Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging Musk's role as head of DOGE, alleging his “sweeping authority" is in violation of the Constitution.

Chutkan denied their request for an emergency order last month in part because the plaintiffs lacked the evidence to show the irreparable harm of Musk’s agency; now, the attorneys general are hoping to use the discovery process to find the evidence they need.

However, the judge placed some limitations on the demand for evidence, finding that Trump himself is exempt from the order and excluding electronic communications like emails or texts.

Chutkan is also considering whether to issue an injunction blocking Musk from running DOGE.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous

The Department of Education's far-reaching layoffs have decimated a small statistical agency considered to be the "authoritative and trusted source" of information on the education system in the United States, several former employees familiar with the situation told ABC News.

Since the 1860s, the National Center for Education Statistics has collected data used to measure academic success, productivity and crime and safety in schools, among other topics.

It issues a congressionally-mandated test called the National Assessment of Education Progress -- better known as the Nation's Report Card -- which, since 1969, has been considered the gold standard of testing to compare the academic performance and progress of students across all 50 states.

But as of this week, nearly all of the agency's statisticians have been fired, according to former employees, gutting the agency and raising questions about how it can continue its work to measure the performance of the country's 18,000 school districts or the efficacy of any policy changes.

-ABC News' Benjamin Siegel

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government.

If a deal isn't struck, the government will shut down on Friday at midnight.

Schumer pointed the finger at Republicans for leaving Democrats out of the funding negotiations.

"Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path drafting their continuing resolution without any input any input from congressional Democrats," Schumer said on the floor.

After days of closed-door meetings and tight-lipped interaction with the press, Schumer said Democrats will instead advocate for a 30-day clean stop gap bill meant to buy more time for appropriators to complete full-year funding bills.

"Our caucus is unified on a clean April 11 CR that will keep the got open and give Congress time to negotiate bipartisan legislation that can pass," Schumer said.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

The president was asked if America had a future in NATO to which President Donald Trump answered the alliance had to "treat us fairly if they pay their bills."

Trump continued to make unverified claims that the U.S. was paying more than other NATO nations.