A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments,
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.
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
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.
Elon Musk’s DOGE commission gains access to sensitive Treasury payment systems: AP sources
The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury data including Social Security and Medicare customer payment systems.
Elon Musk’s DOGE Wants Access to the Treasury’s Payment Systems: Report
A senior Treasury official is set to resign after Musk’s allies at DOGE repeatedly demanded access to sensitive government payment systems
Bessent tells lawmakers Musk's DOGE does not control Treasury payments system
The remarks came during a two-hour gathering between the Treasury secretary and GOP members of the House Financial Services Committee.
Giving Elon Musk’s DOGE access to the Treasury payment system risks a U.S. debt default and global financial crisis, senator warns
The Treasury Department’s payment system has been likened to the government’s checkbook and makes $6 trillion in disbursements a year.
'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 US security, lawmakers say
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, ...
Unions Sue to Block Musk’s Access to Treasury Payment Data
The suit was the latest effort by unions representing federal workers to push back against Trump administration directives ...
Elon Musk tightens grip on federal government as Democrats raise alarms
Musk has been named as a special government employee, which subjects him to less stringent rules on ethics and financial ...
Trump-Musk wrecking operation illegally shuts down 2 federal agencies, gains access to Treasury payment system
Trump has also given the unelected billionaire control of a Treasury Department unit that carries out 90 percent of all ...