An apparent attempt by the U.S. Census Bureau to follow an executive order by President Trump targeting gender identity led to the public losing access for days to certain key statistics. The lack of ...

With Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) gaining control of the Treasury Department's payment system, consumer advocates and Democratic lawmakers are raising alarms about the ...

A staffer from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, recently got high-level access to view and change the contents of a payments system that controls tens of billions of dollars in ...

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Trump signed a range of executive orders pertaining to issues ...

Operatives working for Elon Musk have gained unprecedented access to a swath of U.S. government departments — including agencies responsible for managing data on millions of federal employees and a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - JANUARY 03: The U.S. Flag flys above the International Revenue Service headquarters building on January 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) The Trump ...

Democracy Forward and unions are asking courts to block DOGE’s access to the troves of personal data held at the agency. New documents filed last week as part of a lawsuit against the Social Security ...

The decision cited a Supreme Court order in June granting DOGE analysts sweeping access to other data stored at the Social Security Administration. By Zach Montague Reporting from Washington A federal ...

When people think of Social Security, they typically think of monthly benefits — for the roughly 69 million retirees, disabled workers, dependents and survivors who receive them today. But efforts by ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is attempting to gain access to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system that holds personal taxpayer data on millions of Americans, The ...

Alison is a senior news reporter covering US politics and legal news. Democrats and student loan borrowers have raised concerns about reports suggesting billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of ...