Mother Jones7d
A Federal Judge Blocked DOGE’s Access to Treasury Systems—for Now
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and ... from looking at the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems, citing a risk of “irreparable harm ...
Mother Jones13d
Elon Musk May Now Have Unique Sway Over the US Treasury
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Late Friday, newly sworn-in Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave access to the agency ...
Business Insider9d
The Treasury's payment system is one of Elon Musk's targets. Here's what it does, from Social Security to tax refunds.
The Treasury Department controls trillions of dollars' worth of payments that Americans rely on every day — and it's caught the eye of the Department of Government Efficiency. Nearly all federal ...
Fox News4d
Trump admin files motion to vacate restraining order prohibiting DOGE access to Treasury payment systems
In the motion, Cloud Software Group, Inc. CEO Tom Krause argued that "it is important that high-level political appointees, such as the Treasury Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Chief of Staff ...
The Hill4d
Trump directs Treasury to stop making pennies
President Trump announced Sunday that he asked the Treasury Department to stop producing pennies, calling the 1-cent coin wasteful. He said in a Truth Social post that he told Treasury Secretary ...
The Hill10d
Treasury Department sued over DOGE payment access
The Treasury Department was sued by a coalition of groups over Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials receiving access to the federal payment system for the federal government.
The New York Times14d
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending. By ...
The Washington Post8d
DOGE deputy to oversee powerful Treasury system as Musk demands cuts
The Treasury Department is appointing an ally of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service to a senior position in the department overseeing the nation’s powerful payment systems, according to ...
Business Insider10d
Federal employee unions are suing the Treasury and alleging Elon Musk's DOGE gained illegal and 'unprecedented' access to data
An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Three federal employee unions have accused the Treasury Department of giving Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency unlawful access ...
CNN8d
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to bypass the Fed to lower interest rates
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a new plan in the fight to bring down historically high interest rates, and it’s got nothing to do with the Federal Reserve. Bessent, in two interviews this ...
CNN15d
How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending
A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to talk about the handover of power. But what is normally a routine ...
The New York Times7d
Musk Team’s Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge’s Ordered Halt
Feb. 8, 2025 A federal judge’s order that Elon Musk’s team temporarily cease boring into the Treasury Department’s payment systems raises a far larger question: whether what Elon Musk has ...