How DOGE cracked Washington: A focus on arcane agencies gave Musk and his allies swift control of government nerve centers
Political appointees with deep ties to Musk now sit in key leadership positions across agencies that comprise the federal ...
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Musk staffer 'mistakenly' given ability to edit Treasury Department payment system, legal filings say
A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was "mistakenly" given the ability to make ...
White House, Treasury agree to block DOGE access to taxpayer data, Washington Post reports
White House and Treasury Department officials have agreed to prohibit the Department of Government Efficiency team from accessing personal taxpayer data at the Internal Revenue Service, the Washington ...
Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team’s access to the US government’s payment system
The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General says it's launching an audit of the security controls for the federal ...
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Washington DC’s economy looks like 2008 – How bad will it get?
Washington DC's current economic state resembles that of the 2008 financial crisis. Unemployment filings and job losses are ...
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Trump 100% disagrees with federal judge’s ‘crazy’ ruling blocking DOGE from Treasury system
Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ... outside the US Department of Labor near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Feb. 5, 2025. AFP via Getty Images “If a judge tried to tell a general ...
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DOGE’s access to Treasury data risks US financial standing and raises security worries, experts warn
The Department of Government Efficiency’s embed into the federal government has raised a host of concerns, transforming a ...
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Anatomy of a constitutional panic
She amended the court order to say that it “shall not apply to any Officer of the United States Department of the Treasury nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate ...
DOGE Can Access Student Loan Data At The Department Of Education, Says Court
A court declined to prevent DOGE from accessing sensitive student loan borrower data housed at the Department of Education.
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Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. “For far too long the ...
Trump, Musk actions put America at risk of ‘a form of default,' former Treasury chiefs warn
Elon Musk and his DOGE team are tasked by President Donald Trump to find government spending inefficiency and cut federal ...
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US judge blocks Musk’s Doge reform team from Treasury data
WASHINGTON – A US judge issued an emergency order on Feb 8 blocking billionaire Elon Musk’s government reform team from accessing personal and financial data stored at the Treasury Department.