A 25-year-old DOGE staffer was accidentally given permissions to edit the Treasury Department's payments system, according to court records.

A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was "mistakenly" given the ability to make changes to a sensitive federal payment system, officials with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service disclosed in a series of court filings late Tuesday.

A federal judge Tuesday clarified that a ruling preventing Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment systems does not extend to

Basic controls are needed at the U.S. Treasury, Elon Musk said on Tuesday, after a U.S. district judge on Saturday blocked Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury's payment systems.

Elon Musk has urged for tighter controls at the U.S. Treasury following a federal judges decision to block his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury payment systems. The ruling,

Five former Treasury secretaries warned that Trump officials and Elon Musk’s DOGE team may unlawfully undermine U.S. financial commitments. In a New York Times op-ed, they cautioned that selective payment suspensions could damage trust and credibility.