In a Fox News interview on Tuesday, newly-appointed US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended his president Donald Trump’s decision to allow Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) look through Treasury data in its mission to cut federal spending and save the US economy.

The United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox has stored precious metal bullion reserves for the United States since 1937.

The Kentucky installation holds 147.3 million ounces of gold — more than half of the Treasury Department’s reserves, officials say.

Trump's treasury secretary says the gold is in the vault at Fort Knox. Musk's planned visit looks like an attempt to hype his social media platform.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Democrats raising red flags around DOGE are "worried that they're part of the waste, fraud and abuse."

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to know if the American people have been ... "Maybe it's there, maybe it's not." Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the department already audits the stockpile every year. "I don't have any plans to go ...

The treasury secretary added that DOGE's efforts could eventually lead to “several percent of GDP that we are saving.”

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said tech billionaire Elon Musk’s actions through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are in “utter violation” of the Constitution and its

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Elon Musk would be checking out Fort Knox to make sure the gold is still there. While flying back to Washington aboard Air Force One on Wednesday night, a reporter asked President Donald Trump whether Elon Musk would pursue budget cuts at the Pentagon.

President Donald Trump said he's going to check on the country's supply of gold stored at the infamously secure Fort Knox depository.

Trump said Musk would be looking at Fort Knox, the legendary depository for American gold reserves in Kentucky. Why? “To make sure the gold is there," Trump said.