Trump Names Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, to Lead the Consumer Bureau
The secretary replaces Rohit Chopra, who had aggressively sought to expand the bureau’s authority over banks and other ...
Democrats call for investigation into Musk access of Treasury payment systems
Two Senate Democrats called for an investigation Tuesday into tech billionaire Elon Musk’s access of Department of Treasury ...
Court bars DOGE officials from altering Treasury payment records
The U.S. DOGE Service, the group run by billionaire Elon Musk, is facing new lawsuits and court orders in its attempts to wrest control over various government agencies. In one action on Thursday, a ...
Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump has tasked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with serving as the acting director of the Consumer ...
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AI in the government, wildfire impact on marine life
The Department of Government Efficiency infiltrated the Treasury and other agencies after Trump’s inauguration, according to ...
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Elon Musk's access to Treasury's payment system is raising alarms. Here's what to know.
The Treasury Department didn't immediately respond to ... and filing false tax returns among other forms of identity fraud." The data is also sensitive because it could be useful to intelligence ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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Musk's DOGE group has access to the federal payments system. What does that mean?
What does it mean that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency now have access to the vast federal payments system? NPR asks Natasha Sarin, a former Treasury official under Biden.
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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 ...