Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk team access to federal government’s payment system
The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General is auditing security of the federal government’s payment system amid ...
Elon Musk’s Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO
An email sent to workers at the US Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service said DOGE’s Tom Krause is “currently” ...
Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works
Congress has the authority to control government expenditures. Donald Trump is the latest president to try to get around that ...
What Makes America Great? Modern Corporate Finance
Donald Chew’s new book looks at how certain ideas made the US the most successful nation at generating wealth, if not ...
Trump has a plan to lower inflation. It’s just delayed
President Donald Trump made a campaign promise to lower prices on Day One. Well, it’s Day 24, and as anyone who has gone ...
Foreign Affairs2d
Does DOGE Pose a National Security Risk?
The department said that it was working with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI to assess the damage. But in recent days, a much more urgent threat has emerged, one ...
Hudson Institute2d
Five Myths about the Corporate Transparency Act
The bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), passed in 2021 during the first Trump administration, mandated the creation ...
Look Past Elon Musk’s Chaos. There’s Something More Sinister at Work.
Whatever you choose to call it, Elon Musk has captured the inner workings of the U.S. government on President Trump’s behalf.
Violinist lights up events across the Bay Area
Electric violinist and entrepreneur Rose Crelli joined host Rachael Maurer to chat about her career playing violin and what it means to her to be able to perform all around the Bay Area. Watch the ...
Fact check: No, Janet Yellen doesn’t back Trump’s tariff claim
Janet L. Yellen did not say tariffs would not lead to price increases; she was speaking about a narrow set of targeted ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities3d
“DOGE” Access to Treasury Payment Systems Raises Serious Risks
This primer explains what the Bureau of the Fiscal Service does, how it has traditionally been managed by career civil ...
How Elon Musk’s crusade against government could benefit Tesla
Elon Musk has long railed against the U.S. government, saying numerous investigations and safety programs have stymied Tesla, ...