Treasury elevates Musk ally to lead government payment system
The elevation of Tom Krause to a more powerful role at Treasury will likely inflame an ongoing backlash over DOGE.
Vance tells Musk that DOGE staffer who resigned after posting racist tweets should be rehired
Marko Elez was on the DOGE team formed by Elon Musk and tasked by President Donald Trump with cutting federal spending and ...
Bessent Says Musk’s DOGE Isn’t Altering Treasury Data
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he personally vetted a senior Treasury employee on Elon Musk’s government efficiency ...
A federal judge is to consider whether to block DOGE access to the US Labor Department
A different judge temporarily restricted DOGE access to Treasury Department systems that process trillions of dollars in ...
DOGE official at Treasury resigns after racist posts
The agreement maintained access for two DOGE officials, Tom Krause and Marko Elez, but Elez later resigned after The Wall ...
The Military Led Diversity Efforts. West Point’s Club Ban Is a Shift.
West Point leaders complied with President Trump’s D.E.I. ban by ending a dozen student clubs. Critics say the move ...
Inside Elon Musk’s War on Washington
From USAID to the U.S. federal payment system, Musk is spearheading plans to audit and cut multiple government agencies ...
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Norm Eisen Talks About How He Just Beat DOGE in Court
The entire country was concerned that Elon Musk and his US DOGE service sitting over there in the White House were going to ...
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Trump’s Iran Sanctions Hit 3 Ships Involved In China Trade
The sanctions have affected one very-large crude carrier (VLCC) and two Aframaxes that the Treasury Department said helped ...
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Why DOGE’s meddling at Treasury could have catastrophic consequences for the US economy
It’s only a matter of time until DOGE meddling inadvertently triggers a catastrophic failure of Bureau of the Fiscal Service ...
Trump administration faces mixed results in attempts to resize federal workforce, agencies
In another week of successes and failures, the Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to shut down USAID while ...
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US taxpayer funds went to foreign competition for domestic shrimpers
The Center Square Fishermen and shrimpers in the United States have been in a decades-long battle with the very institutions meant to protect them, specifically the U.S. Treasury Department and its ...