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Matt Bracken

Matt Bracken is the editor in chief of FedScoop. Before joining Scoop News Group in 2023, Matt worked in various editing, reporting and digital roles at Morning Consult, The Baltimore Sun and the Arizona Daily Star. You can reach him on Signal at MattBracken.33 or email him at matt.bracken@scoopnewsgroup.com.

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Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speak to reporters on Capitol Hill on July 21, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Senate Democrats press Bessent for answers on DOGE access to Treasury systems

Exclusive

Service center employees sort and process mail at an IRS facility in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 6, 2024. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Watchdog flags security issues with IRS’s Zero Paper Initiative

Cyber

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Ken Cedeno / AFP via Getty Images)

Labor Department eyes AI curriculum akin to China’s teachings

AI

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh arrives to testify to the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill on July 14, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images)

Fed won’t outsource AI decisions to task force helmed by tech titans, chair says

AI

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., attends a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on July 15, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

GOP senator blasts ‘amateurish’ DOGE work, lack of detail on savings

Federal

Russell Vought testifies before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House Democrats grill Vought over DOGE’s CFPB data dives

Data

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on July 14, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Fed chair says AI ‘hasn’t displaced workers’ so far, has boosted productivity

AI

Demonstrators hold signs as they protest against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in front of the CFPB headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Vought ducks Dems’ questions about CFPB website deletions, source says

Federal

The Palantir Technologies logo is displayed on a shipping container at the company’s booth during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2023. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

SBA enters ‘new phase’ with Palantir on anti-fraud efforts

Acquisition