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How DOGE's reckless cuts created chaos at the Social Security Administration
The Trump administration’s colossal cuts to the Social Security Administration in the name of “efficiency” are sowing chaos ...
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What DOGE Can Do For Social Security
The Social Security Administration uses outdated computer systems, making mistakes that cause pain for beneficiaries and costly burdens for taxpayers.
Teen DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' has gone to work for the Social Security Administration
Multiple DOGE staffers have left the Trump administration — a list that includes Musk, who departed the White House late last ...
Social Security Is Changing Under President Donald Trump. Here's What Retirees Need to Know.
Trump also vowed to protect Social Security while on the campaign trail, and he has repeated that promise since returning to ...
DOGE cuts have made it hard for seniors to get Social Security offices on the phone
Since DOGE took power in January, complaints about access to the SSA have been “skyrocketing,” according to AARP, the ...
Social Security Benefits Will Be Cut 50% for Some Retirees in Late July. Here's What You Need to Know.
The Social Security Administration under President Trump has raised its overpayment recovery rate to 50% in an effort to ...
Social Security pulls field office staff to answer overwhelmed phone line
The agency said it is temporarily reassigning about 1,000 customer service representatives from field offices to work on the ...
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Seniors in Philadelphia Have Trouble Getting Social Security Offices on the Phone Due to Budget Cuts
Due to DOGE, the Social Security Administration set up a new phone system on May 9 — and seniors in Philadelphia told The ...
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DOGE keeps gaining access to sensitive data. Now, it can cut off billions to farmers
DOGE recently gained high-level access to a database that controls government payments and loans to farmers and ranchers ...
Core DOGE staffers follow Musk out the door
It’s emblematic of DOGE’s retreat from the center of the Trump administration’s orbit. The once-feared crew that barged into offices and slashed jobs at an unprecedented pace is a shell of its former ...
Social Security sends millions of Americans a misleading and ‘blatantly political’ message
The Social Security Administration lied about the GOP budget bill in a message to beneficiaries. Can we trust anything it ...
Trump’s Social Security Administration cuts are hurting Holocaust survivors, advocates say
Under the Department of Government Efficiency, the Social Security Administration expects to cut about 12% of its workforce — ...