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Questions are swirling about how much access Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has to Americans’ ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said reserve banks will no longer factor "reputational risk" into master account ...

Iowa farmers are facing delays in receiving millions of dollars in federal payments, funds they were promised but are now on ...

Banks that have tried real-time payments in receive-only mode are expected to begin sending payments, which requires funds ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a ...

Elon Musk's control of a federal payment system is raising concerns about funding for programs like Social Security and the ...

Almost all civil servants can opt to resign now and get paid through September without showing up for work—but Senator Tim ...

Attorney General Jeff Jackson said the decision to give access to the team led by Elon Musk was “federal overreach that puts ...

Judicial rulings have unfrozen some grants awaited by nonprofits, states and companies, but the reprieve has been uneven and ...

Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov are expected to return from Gaza on Saturday ...

Federal agencies across Washington are finding ways to keep funding frozen even after judges last month temporarily blocked ...