Elon Musk Issues Update on Social Security

'Vampires' in Social Security data? Here's what to know after Elon Musk claims SSA fraud
Elon Musk falsely claimed there were tens of millions of people aged 100-159 still receiving Social Security benefits.
Elon Musk Issues Update on Social Security: 'Increasingly Optimistic'
Elon Musk has said that Social Security benefits could increase as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues its investigations into the Social Security Administration (SSA). Social Security benefits are paid monthly,
Elon Musk’s DOGE announces closure of Social Security office in Michigan
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says it is closing a Social Security Administration office in Michigan as part of ongoing cuts in the federal government. The agency -- headed up by Elon Musk -- posted the cut on the DOGE website this week.
Was Elon Musk wrong about the millions of people who receive Social Security benefits?
Elon Musk recently stirred debate by suggesting that millions of deceased Americans are still receiving Social Security benefits. However, experts in public policy and economics argue that Musk's claims are based on a misunderstanding of the data.
Elon Musk is hunting for Social Security fraud. It's not very common.
The Trump administration claimed the Social Security Administration gives payments to dead people. SSA audits revealed it happens less than suspected.
Elon Musk Issues Major Social Security Warning
Billionaire Elon Musk has said there is widespread fraud taking place in the payment of "federal entitlements" like Social Security. Social Security benefits are paid to more than 70 million Americans on a monthly basis, and help form the bedrock of income for many retirees, survivors of deceased claimants and disabled people.
Musk’s DOGE descends on Social Security Administration
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices.
Opinion
No, Elon Musk hasn’t ‘discovered’ fraud at Social Security
Government computer systems are full of legacy quirks, and upgrading and updating them is a huge and often-fraught endeavor.
Social Security advocates are ringing alarm bells about Elon Musk and DOGE
As billionaire Trump advisor Elon Musk continues to fire staff, cancel contracts, and eliminate office leases across the federal government, retirees, Social Security advocates, and Democratic politicians are fretting about what could happen to the agency that delivers cash benefits to some 73 million Americans each month—one charged with paying out $1.
DOGE should cut the cord on Elon Musk, the supreme 'welfare queen' | Opinion
Before slashing Social Security staff in half, Elon Musk might look at the guy who's gotten $38 billion from the government.
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Elon Musk is coming for your Social Security
The only efficiency Elon Musk cares about is how efficiently he can take ... The hardworking civil servants at the ...
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Elon Musk Is Already Using His New Power to Make Himself Even Richer
Elon Musk’s net worth dropped by $22.2 billion on Tuesday, suggesting that the markets don’t have nearly as much confidence ...
Elon Musk shines spotlight on ‘a lot of vampires collecting Social Security’: ‘Twilight is real’
In a post on X, Musk shared a screenshot of a data sheet showing people from age 0 to 369 years old collecting Social ...
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What other newspapers are saying: Mass firings backfiring
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been rapidly firing federal workers with little consideration for which ones are critical to government functioning. So now, the Energy Department is ...
Trump, DOGE to cut Social Security staff in half; O’Malley says it could cause significant interruption of benefits
The Social Security Administration has been told to cut half of its staff as President Trump pursues widespread cuts in ...
21 U.S. DOGE Service staffers resign over a refusal to 'jeopardize Americans' sensitive data,' letter says
The joint resignation letter was addressed to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and uploaded to a webpage called ...
Judge Rules Against Mass Firing Order: Here’s Where Trump And Musk Are Winning—And Losing—In Court
A federal judge ruled Thursday the Trump administration’s push to fire newer government workers en masse is likely illegal, ...