Elon Musk’s takeover of the Department of Treasury just got much more ominous.

Ron Wyden didn’t mince words about what Elon Musk and Donald Trump are up to.

Senate Democrats are finally taking a stand against Donald Trump’s government rampage.

As the Treasury Department offers some new spin about Elon Musk’s takeover of payment systems and ousting of a top career official, Senator Ron Wyden tells us why this “reeks of a cover-up.”

The House speaker brushed aside concerns about Elon Musk gutting the government.

Musk’s team is rewriting code in the U.S. Treasury system.

Did Musk’s alleged effort to access the government’s payment systems have Trump’s blessing? Or was he going rogue? Either scenario is bad, but one’s a little worse.

A top Treasury official plans to resign after a fight with Elon Musk’s allies over access to a sensitive payment system.

Scott Bessent tried to polish the president’s big economic policy turd at his confirmation hearing. It’s still a turd.

Scott Bessent used his confirmation hearing to make clear that he cares about the rich and the rich only.

Donald Trump and his allies have increasingly looked at cutting Medicaid.

He wants someone who’ll sell Wall Street on across-the-board tariffs. That person doesn’t exist.

Benjamins are the favorite currency of criminals and almost no one else—and there’s no good reason to go on printing them.

Biden promised a more humane foreign policy, but advocates of sanction reform are waiting to see concrete action.

Having the Treasury issue a $1 trillion coin could both resolve debt ceiling problems and pave the way for the kind of spending needed to address the climate emergency.

As landlords refuse federal pandemic rental assistance, some places are simply cutting them out of the process.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes—like economic ruin!

Republicans are once again playing stupid, dangerous games with America’s sovereign credit.

Democrats can end the insane tradition of holding the global economy hostage now and forever.

The U.S. is the venue of choice for cartels and kleptocrats. Now lawmakers want to use an agency called FinCEN to do something about it.