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Elon Musk’s DOGE Takeover of Treasury Just Became More Ominous
Elon Musk is planning to install one of his cronies to oversee key payment systems at the Department of Treasury.
Treasury installs ally of Musk’s DOGE as head of payment system
The move follows the ousting of a career official who rebuffed attempts to use the payment system to stop federal spending.
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 ...
Treasury Defends Musk Team’s Access to Federal Payment System
The department said that no payments would be interrupted and that it was conducting a review of the integrity of the system.
How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending
A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to ...
Treasury Installs Musk Ally to Oversee Its Payment System
Tom Krause, a software executive, is the Treasury Department’s fiscal assistant secretary with access to a system that ...
Storyful on MSN3d
Protesters Hold 'Nobody Elected Elon' Rally Outside Treasury Building
Several US senators joined demonstrators at a “Nobody elected Elon!” protest held outside the US Department of Treasury ...
US Treasury Dept gives Musk's DOGE 'read only' access to payment systems
The U.S. Treasury Department has given staff from billionaire Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency "read ...
Frost, others in Congress barred from Treasury during protest against Elon Musk
U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost and nearly two dozen other Congress members were denied entry to the U.S. Treasury building Tuesday evening amid a standoff with billionaire Elon Musk, who has seized control ...
The Nation on MSN3d
Signs of a New Anti-Trump Opposition Amid Elon Musk’s Coup
Legislators and grassroots groups are showing new muscle in the wake of Musk’s weekend usurpation of power. It needs to ramp ...
DOGE task force gains access to U.S. Treasury Department data, payment systems
The news comes after departure of Treasury's acting Deputy Secretary David Lebryk after more than 30 years of service.
Musk says DOGE is halting Treasury payments to US contractors
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, ...