Elon Musk’s Attempt to Control the Treasury Payment System Is Incredibly Dangerous
Trump and Musk could use sensitive Treasury information to punish their enemies. Worse yet, they could break America’s payment system entirely
Treasury Dept. gives Elon Musk's team access to federal payment system: Sources
If Elon Musk or his DOGE team were to attempt to block federal payments, it would likely face legal challenges given the money is approved by Congress.
Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System
In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions of dollars of transactions.
David Lebryk set to depart as Musk’s DOGE pushes for access to Treasury payment systems: report
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) representatives have reportedly requested to gain access to US Treasury payment systems, triggering a significant clash with senior Treasury official David Lebryk.
Musk claims DOGE found lax Treasury payment controls
Musk did not offer evidence for his assertion that Treasury instructed employees to approve payments to known fraudulent or terrorist groups.
Musk aides gain access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system
The access, granted by Scott Bessent, Trump’s newly confirmed treasury secretary, comes after the ousting of the agency’s top career official.
Treasury Official Quits After Resisting Musk’s Requests on Payments
The Trump administration pushed out a top Treasury Department official this week after he refused to give Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team access to the government’s vast payment system.
Democrats Respond To Musk ‘Illegally Seizing Power’ Over Treasury Payment System
Over the weekend, billionaire Elon Musk gained some level of access to the Treasury Department’s federal payment system, ...
'We would call it a coup': watchdogs and Dems attack Elon Musk Treasury Department takeover
The dramatic power play began Friday, continued through the weekend -- and poses extraordinary and unprecedented threats to ...
Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of ...
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Democrats promise bill to block ‘unlawful meddling’ in Treasury systems after Musk allies gain access
Democratic leaders in both chambers on Monday vowed to introduce legislation to “stop unlawful meddling in the Treasury ...
BC historian calls Elon Musk’s accessing of U.S. private financial data a ‘coup’
Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson, who writes the Substack newsletter “ Letters from an American ,” ...
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Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number
The billionaire and his DOGE agents were reportedly granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody ...
The ‘DOGE’ power grabs are unlike anything Americans have seen before
Elon Musk’s surrogates are gaining access to highly sensitive government information — including, in all likelihood, your Social Security number.
Senior US Treasury official to exit after rift with Musk allies, report says
David Lebryk, the top-ranking career U.S. Treasury Department official, will leave following a clash with allies of ...