Giving DOGE access to the Treasury Department’s payment system violates the Privacy Act of 1974 and IRS statutes, three plaintiffs allege.
David Dayen
David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud. He co-hosts the podcast Organized Money with Matt Stoller.
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‘Filled With Unmitigated Terror’
A Q&A with Nathan Tankus on what it means for Elon Musk’s forces to have commandeered some level of control of the U.S. payment system.
Posted inPolitics
The GOP Still Has No Legislative Plan
Republicans agree on what they want broadly, but not on the details or how to get there. Failure is not an option, and yet it may happen anyway.
Posted inPolitics
Presidential Bid to Take Over Federal Spending Is Four Years in the Making
On the last day of Trump’s first term, Office of Management and Budget officials asserted that presidents can alter spending they don’t like. They’re returning to OMB to finish the job.
Posted inWorking in America
Probationary Federal Employees Targeted for Mass Purge
As many as 200,000 federal employees with weaker civil service protections could be let go. But they are supposed to only be fired for poor performance.
Posted inPolitics
Elon Musk Offers Federal Workers an Unauthorized Buyout
The alleged eight-month ‘deferred resignation’ contradicts federal rules.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Most Lawless Action Yet
Pausing funds appropriated by Congress is a deliberate taunt to draw a legal challenge that the White House’s most radical architects think will give them unilateral spending power.
Posted inEconomic Policy
AI Bubble, Meet Pin
Open-source software from China calls into question why we’re committing trillions to winning the AI race.
Posted inEconomic Policy
We Found the $2 Trillion
Elon Musk wants to cut government spending. But the waste in the system goes to elites like him. Here’s a better way to bring down deficits.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Rohit Chopra Still Has a Job
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head has not been fired. Apparently, it’s because the Trump team can’t find anyone to replace him.
