What Is the Treasury Payment System DOGE Wants to Control?
Elon Musk’s mission to shrink the size of the US government has put a spotlight on an obscure federal office whose work directly touches nearly every American. The US Treasury Department’s Bureau of ...
How the Treasury Payment System DOGE Accessed Works: QuickTake
The US Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service processes billions of payments worth trillions of dollars each year, acting as the central clearinghouse for almost everything the federal ...
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Can Federal Workers Stop Trump?
After what has felt like an eternity of Elon Musk and DOGE running rampant across the federal government, federal workers ...
DOGE says it found nearly untraceable budget line item responsible for $4.7T in payments
DOGE identified a nearly untraceable code linking payments to the U.S. Treasury to a budget line item, accounting for nearly $4.7 trillion in payments.
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Tim Scott Is Fighting for His Donors’ Junk Fees
Joe Biden’s CFPB passed rules limiting overdraft and credit card late fees. As the chair of the Senate committee that ...
Exclusive-Five Iraqi Banks to Be Banned From U.S. Dollar Transactions - Sources
DUBAI/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's central bank will ban five more local banks from engaging in U.S. dollar transactions, a ...
Elon Musk's DOGE has worked quickly to cut federal agencies. Here's a list of what's been targeted so far.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has targeted federal agencies like USAID, CFPB, and NOAA to reduce government ...
Exclusive: FEMA firings reveal roiling tension and confusion within the Department of Homeland Security
One week into the Trump administration, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a directive that the Federal Emergency ...
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Judge will consider continuing to block Musk, DOGE from accessing Treasury payment systems
A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday will consider whether to continue blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government ...
Reeves blows £8bn hole in council budgets with tax raid
Rachel Reeves will blow an £8bn hole in council finances with her record Budget tax raid, local authorities have warned. The ...
US Judges Bar Musk's DOGE From Treasury, Allow Access to Health, Labor
In Manhattan, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer will consider a request by Democratic state attorneys general to extend a ...
‘People are just flipping out’: Billions in federal funding remain frozen despite court orders to keep the taps open
Federal agencies across Washington are finding ways to keep funding frozen even after judges last month temporarily blocked ...