Musk staffer takes top role at Treasury Department with control over federal payment system
Tom Krause, a former executive involved in Elon Musk's DOGE, is the new financial assistant secretary at the Treasury ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to bypass the Fed to lower interest rates
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a new plan in the fight to bring down historically high interest rates, and it’s got ...
Treasury Installs Musk Ally to Oversee Its Payment System
Tom Krause, a software executive, is the Treasury Department’s fiscal assistant secretary with access to a system that ...
Here is Bessent's best play to coax 10-year Treasury yields lower, BCA says
It's the budget. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said earlier this week that the Trump administration wants to focus on ...
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was ...
'Elon and I are completely aligned on cutting waste,' says Treasury Secretary Bessent
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Bloomberg that major savings could be made and DOGE was one of the most important ...
5 questions about DOGE’s access to federal payment systems
Questions are swirling about how much access Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has to Americans’ ...
Treasury installs ally of Musk’s DOGE as head of payment system
The move follows the ousting of a career official who rebuffed attempts to use the payment system to stop federal spending.
The Treasury Secretary Says Trump Wants Long-Term Interest Rates to Fall—It May Take a While
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump is looking for longer-term interest rates to fall.
DOGE official at Treasury resigns after racist posts
The agreement maintained access for two DOGE officials, Tom Krause and Marko Elez, but Elez later resigned after The Wall ...
Bessent Says Musk’s DOGE Isn’t Altering Treasury Data
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he personally vetted a senior Treasury employee on Elon Musk’s government efficiency ...
Federal judge limits DOGE access to Treasury Dept. payment records as member of Musk’s team quits over offensive posts
The ruling was made before one of the two DOGE members working at Treasury resigned after racist X posts were linked to him.