Elon Musk's access to Treasury's payment system is raising alarms. Here's what to know.
Elon Musk's control of a federal payment system is raising concerns about funding for programs like Social Security and the safety of personal data.
Democrats ask for an investigation into DOGE's access to Treasury's payment systems
Democratic lawmakers are seeking a Treasury Department investigation of the access that Elon Musk's team was given to the government's payment system, citing “threats to the economy and national security,
12 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data
Joining James in the statement were the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island and Vermont. President Donald Trump tapped Musk, the world’s richest man, to shrink the size of the U.S. government.
US judge temporarily blocks Musk's DOGE from accessing payment systems
A federal judge early Saturday temporarily blocked billionaire Elon Musk's government efficiency team from accessing government systems used to process trillions of dollars in payments, citing a risk that sensitive information could be improperly disclosed.
Trump Asks Judge to Let Musk’s DOGE Minions Back Into Treasury System
The Trump administration has asked a federal judge in New York to let Elon Musk and his government efficiency task force minions back into the federal payments system. In an emergency motion filed on Sunday,
Treasury was warned DOGE access to payments marked an ‘insider threat’
The assessment, done by the contractor Booz Allen, came before Treasury formally tapped an ally of Elon Musk to oversee the ...
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What is Elon Musk getting up to with America’s payment system?
ADVOCAP appears to be a victim of Donald Trump’s seizure of the federal government’s payment systems. Its money should not be ...
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 ...
Ex-Treasury secretaries express worries over DOGE payment systems
Former Treasury Secretaries penned an op-ed Monday expressing their concerns that officials at Elon Musk’s Department of ...
DOGE deputy to oversee powerful Treasury system as Musk demands cuts
Tom Krause, a Silicon Valley executive with ties to DOGE, will become the fiscal assistant secretary of the Treasury ...
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National Science Foundation restores payments after five-day pause, but worries over science funding persist
The NSF said on Sunday that its payment system was back on line, after it froze out researchers and sparked financial worries ...
Trump administration to limit Musk's access to federal pay system following lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to limit Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency's access to the ...
National Politics
U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued the preliminary injunction after 19 Democratic attorneys general sued President ...
Intel Democrats warn of ‘unprecedented’ DOGE national security risks
Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee warned White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in a letter Wednesday that Elon ...