The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.
US Treasury temporarily agrees to limit DOGE access amid privacy lawsuit
The Treasury Department agreed not to give Elon Musk’s DOGE access to its payment systems during argument on a suit alleging it was an illegal search.
Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems
The agreement came in response to a lawsuit accusing Treasury of committing an "unlawful action" by giving private info to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
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 only" access to its payment systems, a department official said in a letter sent to Congress.
Treasury agrees to interim ban on Elon Musk's DOGE accessing the financial data of millions of Americans
Elon Musk has no access to the Treasury's tax and Social Security data, a government lawyer said. Treasury agreed to keep it that way.
US Treasury Department assures security of payment system after backlash over Musk's DOGE access
The US Department of the Treasury on Tuesday clarified that it is neither halting nor denying federal spending and remains committed to protecting the nation's payment infrastructure, according to a report by the New York Times.
US Treasury's payment system 'not being touched' by Musk's DOGE, Bessent says
The U.S. Treasury's payment system won't be touched by Elon Musk's government efficiency team, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business on Wednesday, adding that any decisions to stop payments would be made by other agencies.
Bessent Says Musk’s DOGE Isn’t Altering Treasury Systems
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he personally vetted the Treasury employees on Elon Musk’s government efficiency team with read-only access to federal payment data, and that there’s been no “tinkering” with the department’s payment systems.
Elon Musk barred from accessing US Treasury payments data
Temporary order restricts efforts of billionaire’s Department of Government Efficiency to infiltrate multitrillion dollar system
Musk’s DOGE agents access sensitive government personnel data, Washington Post reports
Agents working for billionaire Elon Musk have accessed highly restricted government records on millions of federal employees maintained by the Office of Personnel Management, the Washington Post reported on Thursday,
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to bypass the Fed to lower interest rates
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a new plan in the fight to bring down historically high interest rates, and it’s got ...
U.S. Treasury Department sanctions network shipping Iranian oil to China
The Treasury Department Thursday imposed new sanctions on an international oil network it said ships hundreds of millions of ...
DOGE was tasked with stopping Treasury payments to USAID, AP sources say
Officials working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency sought access to the Treasury Department payment ...
Fed judge limits DOGE access to Treasury Dept. 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.
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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 ...
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 ...
US Treasury Secretary affirms US-EU economic relationship in call with ECB's Lagarde
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent affirmed the importance of the U.S.-EU economic relationship and transatlantic ...
Elon Musk's DOGE examines systems at $1.5 trillion Medicare and Medicaid agency
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency representatives are at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week ...