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 ...
CNN7d
Treasury says Musk’s DOGE has not rejected payments in first attempt to clarify access granted to critical system
The Treasury Department said Elon Musk aides detailed to the agency have “read-only” access to its sensitive $5 trillion US payments system and that no payments have been suspended or rejected ...
Business Insider7d
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Business Insider8d
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 ...