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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Trump administration vows to rehire DOGE Treasury Department employee who resigned over racist posts
One day after a DOGE Treasury Department employee resigned over racist social media posts, the Trump administration has vowed ...
Musk’s Moves on Treasury Risk Debate Over a Payments Default
Outside of occasions when the US Treasury is running down its cash pile while awaiting congressional action to raise the debt ...
Weekly Treasury Forecast, Jan. 24: 46.71% Default Probability For Bank Holding 10-Year Treasuries With 5% Equity
Analysis of Treasury yield movements, peak forward rates, default risk, and yield simulations provide insights into future ...
DOGE’s Treasury Access Could Let GOP Off The Debt Limit Hook
Some Republicans have long urged Treasury to choose which bills to pay when the debt ceiling gets close to being breached.
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“Extraordinarily Dangerous”: Warren Demands Answers Over Elon Musk’s Access to US Treasury
Days after his swearing-in, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Elon Musk and his team at the so-called Department of ...
‘Shadow government’? Billionaire Elon Musk’s grip on U.S. government spending raises questions
Billionaire Elon Musk was the focus of many in Washington this week, as his Department of Government Efficiency slashed at ...
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What Is the U.S. Department of the Treasury?
Treasurer of the United States. Tribal and Native Affairs. The Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility fell under the Treasury Department, but was ended by executive order of ...
Fed judge limits DOGE access to Treasury Department payment records as member of Musk’s team quits over offensive posts
The ruling was made before one of the two DOGE members working at Treasury resigned after racist X posts were linked to him.