Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.

The U.S. Treasury Department has given staff from billionaire Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency "read only" access to its payment systems, a department official said in a letter sent to Congress.

The Treasury Department will make an ally of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service the head of the department that oversees the nation’s powerful payment systems after ousting the career civil servant who previously held the post,

The U.S. Treasury's payment system won't be touched by Elon Musk's government efficiency team, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business on Wednesday, adding that any decisions to stop payments would be made by other agencies.

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency representatives are at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week examining payment and contracting systems of federal health agency. Two senior agency veterans focused on policy and operations are working with DOGE to review the agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid,

Attorneys for the Justice Department have agreed to temporarily restrict staffers associated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing information in the Treasury Department’s payment system.

A US judge temporarily limited access to the US Treasury Department’s payments system after a group of unions accused the agency of illegally sharing their members’ information with Elon Musk’s government efficiency group.