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The allegation that that information is being shared with third parties outside of Treasury is incorrect,
said the attorney, Bradley Humphreys
The Defendants will not provide access to any payment record or payment system of records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service,
the proposed order saysAnd the longer that the private information of Plaintiffs' members remains accessible to unauthorized third parties, the greater the irreparable injury is. After all, as long as the sensitive data of Plaintiffs' members remains accessible to Mr. Musk and other members of DOGE, the more opportunity there is for that data to be disclosed to still more unauthorized third parties, either accidentally or deliberately,
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We just renamed US Digital Services, created by Obama, to US DOGE Services, with a mandate to modernize all computer systems in the U.S. government. This is something that is sorely needed!"
Elon Musk, posting on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday
No information has been provided to Congress or the public as to who has been formally hired under DOGE, under what authority or regulations DOGE is operating, or how DOGE is vetting and monitoring its staff and representatives before providing them seemingly unfettered access to classified materials and Americans' personal information."
Democratic Senate Intelligence Committee members in their letter to Susie WilesThe scale of the intrusion into individuals' privacy is massive and unprecedented. Millions of people cannot avoid engaging in financial transactions with the federal government and, therefore, cannot avoid having their sensitive personal and financial information maintained in government records."
The unions and advocacy group wrote in their lawsuit against the TreasuryNot that I’m aware of,
the DOJ attorney, Brad Humphreys, hedged at the court hearing Wednesday
We don’t have much facts, other than what’s out in the media,
the judge told the lawyers at the hearingIt’s impossible to unbreak the egg,
said Nandan Joshi, one of the lawyers suing on behalf of federal workers’ unions tells the judge, regarding privacy within the payments systemI don’t know if I can say nothing has been done
Humphreys saidIt strikes me as likely that they have discussed information they’ve seen with other Treasury employees, but I’m not sure,
Humphreys added
What he said is that the president doesn’t want to put any U.S. troops on the ground … and he doesn’t want to spend any U.S. money, dollars at all,
Hawley said
I’m going to talk to Lindsey; he’s a good friend. He has to understand the reality of the House. It’s a very different chamber with very different dynamics. And the House needs to lead this if we’re going to have success.”
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This is an out-of-the-box idea. That’s who President Trump is. That’s why the American people elected him, and his goal is lasting peace in the Middle East for all people in the region,
Leavitt told reporters at a briefing at the White House today
I think it would be a real mistake for the Republican Congress not to give the Republican administration the money they need to execute the plan, and the only way to get that money is through reconciliation,
Graham saidHe spoke with the king of Bahrain. He spoke with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, and he has made it very clear, he’s been very vocal, that he expects our partners in the region, particularly Egypt and Jordan, to expect Palestinian refugees temporarily so that we can rebuild their home,
Leavitt said
I’m not going to, in your natural lifetime or mine, you will not see me voting to take American taxpayer money and rebuild Gaza. That’s not America’s responsibility."
John Kennedy of Louisiana said
This is the most foolish idea any American president has put forth in the modern history of the United States,
said Fawaz Gerges, a veteran Middle East expert and professor at the London School of EconomicsAt this point, we have agreed to increase the number of flights of deportees by 40% both of returned nationals, as well as deportees from other nationalities for their subsequent repatriation,
Arévalo said
I’m on my way to the Senate floor. We’re going to have more than 35 United States senators on the Democratic side opposing Russ Vought’s nomination.”
Brian Schatz of Hawaii, said in a video on X this afternoon