The Social Security Administration's acting commissioner is facing calls to resign after he issued an order — which was quickly rescinded — that would have required Maine parents to register their newborns for Social Security numbers at a federal office rather than the hospital.
Newly unearthed emails show that the March 5 decision was made as political payback to Maine's Governor Janet Mills, who has defied the Trump administration’s push to deny federal funding to the state over transgender athletes.
