Staff at the Federal Reserve cooperated with the Treasury Department to give Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to federal payment systems, according to a new court filing.

Affected staff say more than 100 employees working to protect U.S. government networks were ‘axed’ with no prior warning

New court filings indicate that contrary to the Federal Reserve’s claims, agency employees may have met with personnel associated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. Amid Democratic scrutiny over DOGE’s governmental oversight,

Elon Musk said DOGE is set to grow to about 200 federal employees, up from about 100 currently as it fans across the federal department.

Republicans, particularly those in Congress, have been overwhelmingly supportive of broad cuts across the federal government at the hands of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency

In a recording obtained by ProPublica, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agency as facing peril, while also encouraging patience with “the DOGE kids.” This story first appeared at ProPublica.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) backed off a plan to scrap telephone services for millions of Americans filing claims with the Social Security Administration, just hours after The Washington Post revealed the sweeping changes.

DOGE is taking its wrecking ball to the Social Security Administration, the agency responsible for overseeing retirement and disability benefits for 73 million Americans. Why it matters: The cuts underway could wind up breaking critical parts of a system that millions of the nation's most vulnerable citizens rely on,