Warren presses Treasury secretary over Musk access to payments system
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday demanding to know what access ...
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 ...
'We would call it a coup': Watchdogs and Dems attack Elon Musk Treasury Department takeover
The dramatic power play began Friday, continued through the weekend -- and poses extraordinary and unprecedented threats to US security, lawmakers say ...
The Boston Globe6d
Treasury official quits after resisting Musk’s requests on payments
On Friday, Lebryk — who had briefly served as acting Treasury secretary until the confirmation ... had to begin using so-called extraordinary measures last week to prevent a government default ...
AOL6d
How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending
At the time, Lebryk was the acting Treasury Secretary. Trump’s pick to ... at Treasury as the agency is already taking extraordinary measures to avoid a US default.” Multiple Trump ...
Yahoo6d
How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending
At the time, Lebryk was the acting Treasury Secretary. Trump’s pick to lead Treasury ... most senior career official at Treasury as the agency is already taking extraordinary measures to avoid a US ...
Read the full text of Trump's executive order imposing tariffs on Canada
The White House release an executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods and 10 per cent tariffs on Canadian energy. Here’s the full ...
Trump and Musk move to dismantle USAID, igniting battle with Democratic lawmakers
The Trump administration and billionaire ally Elon Musk moved to eradicate the agency that provides crucial aid that funds ...
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 ...
Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show
Four days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting ...
The New York Times6d
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.