Treasury Has Used More Than 60% of Its Debt-Cap Special Measures
The US Treasury has $133 billion of extraordinary measures left, in addition to its cash pile, to help keep paying the ...
Treasury was warned DOGE access to payments marked an ‘insider threat’
The assessment, done by the contractor Booz Allen, came before Treasury formally tapped an ally of Elon Musk to oversee the ...
DOGE deputy to oversee powerful Treasury system as Musk demands cuts
Tom Krause, a Silicon Valley executive with ties to DOGE, will become the fiscal assistant secretary of the Treasury ...
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat ...
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CFPB agrees to temporarily halt medical debt rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, agreed to temporarily halt enforcement ...
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 ...
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Inside the race to archive the US government’s websites
Amid takedowns of various government sites and databases, several organizations are working to preserve vital climate, health ...
Small Businesses Will Be Subjected to ‘the Fury of Debt Collectors’ for Covid Loans, According to Senate Dems
Sen. Ed Markey, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, is taking to task the committee’s new chair —Republican Sen. Joni Ernst—for advancing legislation that ...
Senate Democrats Demand Clarity About Musk’s Efforts at Education Dept.
In a letter released on Thursday, a coalition of 15 Democrats asked the department to explain what data associates of Elon ...
Lawmakers take aim at Covid small-business loan collections
Republicans have been critical of past efforts to recoup small-business assistance dollars. Newly proposed legislation takes ...
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Federal judge tightens DOGE leash over critical Treasury payment system access
Lawsuit: 'Scale of intrusion into individuals' privacy is massive and unprecedented' Elon Musk's Department of Government ...
US sanctions network that helps ship Iranian oil to China
The U.S. Department of Treasury on Thursday imposed sanctions on a network of more than a dozen people and firms that are ...