USA Today5d
Post from suspended X account falsely attributed to Treasury secretary | Fact check
A Jan. 27 Threads post (direct link, archive link) appears to show an X post from Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent ... post attributed to him. The X account shown has been suspended ...
The Washington Post5d
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 ...
Fox Business3d
Elon Musk alleges $50B in fraud at Treasury after judge blocks DOGE audit
Elon Musk responded to a federal judge's order temporarily blocking the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to sensitive Treasury Department data with a blitz of X posts alleging ...
The Hill2d
Trump rebukes judge blocking DOGE access at Treasury as ‘crazy’
Trump, in the Fox interview, also referred to “fraud” at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which has been essentially shuttered as DOGE takes over several departments to ...
CNN5d
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 ...
The Hill6d
DOJ limits DOGE access to Treasury Department payment system
Elez, however, resigned Thursday after the Wall Street Journal exposed racist social media posts he made from a deleted social media account ... Union sued Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ...
The New York Times6d
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 disbursements. By Andrew Duehren Alan Rappeport and Theodore Schleifer In ...
CNN6d
DOGE will keep limited access to Treasury payments system with 2 associates having ‘read-only’ view
Two Treasury Department employees affiliated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency will keep limited access to the highly sensitive payment system within the agency, following ...
The New York Times4d
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 ...
Fox News6d
Federal judge orders limited DOGE access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system records
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from obtaining access to certain Treasury Department payment records. Treasury officials "will not ...
Fox Business4d
Federal judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing Treasury records after Democratic AGs file lawsuit
In his order, Engelmayer said that the lawsuit's claims were "particularly strong," and expressed concern about cybersecurity risks of DOGE having privileged Treasury Department access.
NBC News2d
Federal judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury Department payment systems
The decision comes after 19 state attorneys general sued the federal government on Friday, alleging that tech mogul Elon Musk and his DOGE staffers had no authority to access Treasury Department ...