Maddow Blog | The ‘DOGE’ power grabs are unlike anything Americans have seen before
Elon Musk's surrogates are gaining access to highly sensitive government information — including, in all likelihood, your ...
DOGE task force gains access to U.S. Treasury data, payment systems
The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, run by President Trump's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has ...
Elon Musk’s Attempt to Control the Treasury Payment System Is Incredibly Dangerous
Trump and Musk could use sensitive Treasury information to punish their enemies. Worse yet, they could break America’s ...
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 ...
David Lebryk set to depart as Musk’s DOGE pushes for access to Treasury payment systems: report
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) representatives have reportedly requested to gain access to US ...
BC historian calls Elon Musk’s accessing of U.S. private financial data a ‘coup’
Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson, who writes the Substack newsletter “ Letters from an American ,” ...
Treasury Dept. gives Elon Musk's team access to federal payment system: Sources
If Elon Musk or his DOGE team were to attempt to block federal payments, it would likely face legal challenges given the ...
Senior US Treasury official to exit after rift with Musk allies, report says
David Lebryk, the top-ranking career U.S. Treasury Department official, will leave following a clash with allies of ...
Top Treasury official retires over DOGE request for access to payment systems
David Lebryk, a top Treasury Department nonpolitical career official, retired Friday after clashing with Elon Musk allies over government payment systems, a source familiar with the ...
Kinzinger to House Dems: ‘Get out there and do something’ about Musk
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Monday told House Democrats to “get out there and do something” about tech billionaire ...