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 changes to a sensitive federal payment system, officials with the Bureau of the ...
Opinion: Five former Treasury secretaries: Our democracy is under siege
No Treasury secretary in his or her first weeks in office should be put in the position where it is necessary to reassure the ...
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“DOGE” Access to Treasury Payment Systems Raises Serious Risks
This primer explains what the Bureau of the Fiscal Service does, how it has traditionally been managed by career civil ...
US estimated to have borrowed $127B in January: CBO
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in a report on Monday that the federal government racked up a deficit of $127 ...
Bond traders waver as Trump questions US government debt figures
Bond investors were thrown off balance on Monday by U.S. President Donald Trump's weekend remarks on investigating Treasury ...
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 ...
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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U.S. Debt by President: Dollar and Percentage
Roosevelt entered office when the United States was in the depths of the ... Attempting to Freeze Federal Aid Spending." U.S. Department of Treasury. “Secretary of the Treasury Janet L.