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.

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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 ...

Allies of billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk are reportedly attempting to gain control of the U.S. Treasury's payment ...

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

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

A top Treasury official left the agency after Elon Musk's allies allegedly demanded access to the Social Security payment ...

Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team sought access to the government’s vast payment system, part of its bid to choke off federal ...

A longtime Treasury Department official is leaving his job after a dispute with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has reportedly been seeking access to federal payment ...

Elon Musk is taking on a new challenge, this time the U.S. federal budget. His goal? To cut $2 trillion from the $7 trillion ...