BC historian calls Elon Musk’s accessing of U.S. private financial data a ‘coup’
Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson, who writes the Substack newsletter “ Letters from an American ,” described Elon Musk’s actions over the weekend involving the federal Treasury as a “coup,” and Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent for answers.
Elon Musk US financial data grab a ‘coup,’ Heather Cox Richardson says
Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson characterized Elon Musk's actions over the weekend as "the largest data breach in human history." Here's what happened.
Elon Musk's DOGE Getting Access to Treasury Payment Data Alarms Critics
Harvard professor calls data the "new gold rush" as tech billionaire's department given "unprecedented" access.
Warren presses Treasury secretary over Musk access to payments system
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday demanding to know what access Elon Musk was given to the federal payments system and what safeguards were implemented to protect Americans’ private data and prevent abuses.
Warren blasts Treasury Secretary Bessent on Elon Musk weekend data grab
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren demanded answers following reports that billionaire Elon Musk took access to the nation's finance system, including sensitive financial data of nearly all Americans.
Elon Musk may have just staged a ‘21st-century coup’ at the Treasury Department. What could happen next.
Elon Musk has reportedly taken over the Treasury Department’s central payment system, putting him in the position to ...
'Fork off': Protesters gather outside OPM to condemn Elon Musk 'stealing' personal data
Protesters vowed to return every morning this week to stand against what they called a 'coup' by Elon Musk and his aides to ...
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Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup?
The world’s richest man now has the power to override congressional spending decisions and access to private information ...
Is Elon Musk Staging a Coup? Unelected Billionaire Seizes Control at Treasury Dept. & Other Agencies
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and unelected adviser to President Donald Trump, is asserting control over much of the federal bureaucracy and sensitive government computer systems despite lacking ...
Elon Musk Is Permanently Deleting Government Agencies
What it’s been like inside USAID, an agency that Donald Trump and the world’s richest man decided to eliminate ...
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Trump and Musk Threaten Shutdown of USAID in What Observers Call “Textbook Coup”
USAID officials were forced out after refusing to give Musk agents access to internal systems and classified material.
Rubio says he's acting director of USAID as Trump, Musk move to shut agency down
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he is feeding the Washington foreign aid agency "into the wood chipper" as part of an effort ...
‘Coup’: Trump administration closes USAID headquarters
The US Agency for International Development closed its headquarters to agency personnel on Monday (local time) after moves by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to exert control over the ...
Kinzinger to House Dems: ‘Get out there and do something’ about Musk
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Monday told House Democrats to “get out there and do something” about tech billionaire ...