US Treasury chief takes over consumer watchdog, freezes all activity
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday tapped newly confirmed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the ...
Treasury secretary to temporarily oversee Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump on Monday designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with additional duties as acting director of the ...
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RFK Jr.’s Extremely Improbable Rise to HHS Secretary
Trump called Kennedy the most “radical left” presidential candidate. Now he’s set to be a powerful figure in his ...
O'Donnell on Elon Musk: No One In Politics Has Ever Attempted To Access "The Actual Payment Mechanism" Inside The Treasury
MSNBC's "The Last Word" host Lawrence O'Donnell warned Monday that Elon Musk has been given the financial "nuclear codes" for the U.S. government in a way no political appointee or treasury secretary ...
Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System
In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions ...
Warren blasts Treasury Secretary Bessent on Elon Musk weekend data grab
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren demanded answers following reports that billionaire Elon Musk took access to the nation's finance ...
Federal employee unions are suing the Treasury and alleging Elon Musk's DOGE gained illegal and 'unprecedented' access to data
The lawsuit accused Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent of giving Musk's Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive ...
Giving Elon Musk’s DOGE access to the Treasury payment system risks a U.S. debt default and global financial crisis, senator warns
The Treasury Department’s payment system has been likened to the government’s checkbook and makes $6 trillion in ...