united states secretary of the treasury - Search News

Elon Musk gains access to Treasury payment system

US Treasury's payment system 'not being touched' by Musk's DOGE, Bessent says

The U.S. Treasury's payment system won't be touched by Elon Musk's government efficiency team, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business on Wednesday, adding that any decisions to stop payments would be made by other agencies.

Hosted on MSN · 6h

Elon Musk’s DOGE takeover of Treasury payments systems is already racking up legal challenges. Here’s what to know

A lawsuit filed Monday seeks to halt the ‘unlawful disclosure of information,’ including Treasury data on Americans’ taxes and Social Security, to DOGE staff. This week, President Trump adviser Elon Musk’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) seems to have gained full access to the Department of Treasury’s payments systems responsible for processing trillions of dollars of spending,

The New York Times · 1d

Treasury Defends Musk Team’s Access to Federal Payment System

The department said that no payments would be interrupted and that it was conducting a review of the integrity of the system.

Trump Orders Start of a Sovereign Wealth Fund

UPI News on MSN · 2d

Trump signs order to create sovereign wealth fund in United States, possibly to buy TikTok

President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the creation of a government-owned sovereign wealth fund of financial assets, which he said possibly could be used to buy TikTok.

QuickTake on MSN · 21h

Trump Wants a Sovereign Wealth Fund for the US. What Are They?

Sovereign wealth funds are some of the most powerful — and secretive — investors in the world, with more than $13 trillion estimated to be in their accounts. Run by government entities in a wide variety of countries,

Tribune News Service on MSN · 1d

Trump orders Commerce, Treasury to come up with a plan for ‘sovereign wealth fund’

President Donald Trump has ordered his Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce to come up with a plan for establishing the nation’s first sovereign wealth fund. According to the president,

2d

Trump Names Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, to Lead the Consumer Bureau

The secretary replaces Rohit Chopra, who had aggressively sought to expand the bureau’s authority over banks and other ...

2d

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 ...

6hon MSN

DOJ agrees to limit DOGE's access to Treasury data

The DOJ agreed to a proposed order that would largely block the Treasury Department from sharing sensitive financial data ...

8h

Treasury Secretary Bessent says tariffs aimed at bringing manufacturing back to US

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans are largely aimed at bringing manufacturing back to the United States, ...

2d

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 ...

2don MSN

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 ...

1don MSN

Lawrence O'Donnell Says Trump Just Gave Musk 'The Domestic Equivalent of the Nuclear Codes' | Video

"The Last Word" host Lawrence O'Donnell did not mince words when he spoke about President Donald Trump giving Elon Musk ...

2d

Trump appoints treasury secretary, a former hedge fund executive, as acting head of consumer protection agency

In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed ...

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results