There are several reasons Musk wants to control Treasury payments. None of them are good. An unelected and unaccountable billionaire wants to dictate what working families can and cannot afford.

The Tesla leader is a big-picture visionary, while the OMB pick is an in-the-weeds technocrat.

DOGE director Elon Musk has shut out senior government workers and seized control of key workflows in the Office of Personnel ...

A top Treasury career staffer, David A. Lebryk, announced his retirement. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access ...

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A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to ...

People working for, or with, Elon Musk are reportedly taking over the inner workings of multiple government agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management and the Treasury Department. The ...

Musk’s allies repeatedly demanded access to sensitive government payment systems, according to the Washington Post.

Did Musk’s alleged effort to access the government’s payment systems have Trump’s blessing? Or was he going rogue? Either ...

New reporting raises concerns that Musk wants to control Medicare and Social Security through access to payment systems.