Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show
Four days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using ...
Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems
The agreement came in response to a lawsuit accusing Treasury of committing an "unlawful action" by giving private info to ...
Treasury Sought to Freeze Foreign Aid Payments, Emails Show
Trump administration appointees and allies of Elon Musk wanted to use the Treasury’s sensitive payment system to block ...
US Treasury's payment system 'not being touched' by Musk's DOGE, Bessent says
The U.S. Treasury's payment system won't be touched by Elon Musk's government efficiency team, Treasury Secretary Scott ...
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 ...
The Treasury's payment system is one of Elon Musk's targets. Here's what it does, from Social Security to tax refunds.
Elon Musk is facing scrutiny over accusations he gained access to sensitive Treasury data, including Social Security and ...
Why Musk Is So Focused on the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, America’s ‘Checkbook’
Spending power, privacy concerns and conflicts of interest have put the bureau at the center of a political fight.
Trump and Musk’s dismantling of government is shaking the foundations of US democracy
Congress is proving little match for the Department of Government Efficiency as wary lawmakers watch it march through the ...
Judge suggests temporary order blocking DOGE from Treasury records
On Wednesday, a US district judge, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, recommended a compromise in a lawsuit seeking a temporary ...