The Treasury Department has clarified that DOGE has ’read-only’ access to the federal payments system. The Treasury Department has confirmed in a letter to Congress that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff will be given “read-only” access to the Fiscal Service Bureau’s nearly $6 trillion federal payments system. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently granted DOGE
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House to ask for federal disaster aid following the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County.
Washington — A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide, becoming the second to rule against the president amid a rush of legal challenges to his directive. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, appointed by former President Joe Biden, agreed to grant a preliminary
A House Oversight Committee hearing on government efficiency devolved into theatrics and a "slur" used to describe transgender people while discussing USAID funds.
On Wednesday, Elon Musk highlighted a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlining the state of critical federal legacy systems. The report shows that more than $90 billion was allocated to IT in 2019, with most spent on maintaining outdated systems. The report also says that some of these systems are decades old, putting
Sen. Joni Ernst published a list of USAID funding projects across the years, including pottery classes in Morocco and a version of Sesame Street in Iraq.
There was confusion after social media posts suggested the program was terminated. The White House this week said that the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) free Direct File tool is still online amid speculation that it was taken down. Earlier this week, Elon Musk wrote on social media platform X that the 18F government agency that