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Elon Musk backs off reported plan to cut Social Security phone service after furious pushback

Elon Musk backed off his reported plot to cut off phone service for the public to the Social Security Administration following a hot cascade of criticism from Americans and their lawmakers.

The Independent UK

13 Social Security Field Offices Are Suspending In-Person Services

A departure from closing locations, 13 local Social Security offices will temporarily stop all in-person service and will only be available by telephone.

Kiplinger

Head of Social Security admits he doesn’t know what ‘DOGE kids’ have been doing with Americans’ data, bombshell audio reveals

Social Security acting commissioner Leland Dudek confirmed that Musk’s DOGE techies have ‘broad access’ to personal data, according to a report

The Independent UK

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Trump’s team has now shelved a $1 billion program designed to keep housing affordable

Halt to program that helps preserve affordable housing comes amid widespread cuts by Elon Musk’s DOGE department

The Independent UK

Musk Escalates Offensive Against Social Security, Claims There Are 20 Million People 'Who Are Definitely Dead Marked As Alive'

Elon Musk told reporters Monday that federal benefit programs are riddled with fraud, suggesting that around a $700 billion cut may be necessary.

Latin Times

Democrats Slam Musk Over Social Security Interview: 'He Said The Quiet Part Out Loud'

Democrats across the country are responding to Musk after he teased at cutting federal benefit programs and falsely claiming they are filled with fraud.

Latin Times

Judge Questions Elon Musk DOGE's 'Unusual Secrecy' In Operations, Orders Public Transparency

A district judge has raised issue with the alleged "unusual secrecy" around DOGE operations, ordering the Trump-established unit to produce a government watchdog's requests for more information on how the office operates and who its personnel are.

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Elon Musk blames Ukrainians for outage attack on X

He tells Fox News that DOGE has been ‘tough sledding,’ reveals he has a crew of 100, soon to be 200, and claims without evidence there’s “half a trillion dollars’ of fraud in the Social Security system.

The Independent UK

Everything Trump Has Said About His Social Security Plans As Former Commissioner Warns of 90-Day Collapse

Trump claims his administration is strengthening the program, but experts warn of its inevitable collapse

Latin Times

Social Security Reverses Plan to Withhold 100% of Benefits to Recoup Overpayments

As of April 25, the SSA will no longer require beneficiaries who have been accidentally overpaid to have 100% of their monthly benefit check withheld until the balance is paid, reversing an earlier decision.

Kiplinger

Unions Ask Federal Court to Stop Musk's DOGE From Accessing Sensitive Social Security Data of Millions

A group of labor unions are asking a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing Social Security data for millions of Americans.

Latin Times

DOGE’s haphazard takeover of Social Security risked data of millions of Americans ‘leaking into the wrong hands’

Tiffany Flick, a civil servant of 30 years, detailed the speed with which a DOGE associate was parachuted into the Social Security Administration to access sensitive data

The Independent UK

Doge takeover of social security seemed ‘based on myth’, says ex-senior official

Tiffany Flick claims agents from Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting unit assailed staff with questions about fraud

The Guardian - US

Former Top Social Security Official Reveals DOGE Employees Demanded Access To Sensitive Data And Exposed It In Unsecured Locations

The former acting head of the Social Security Agency is detailing how the takeover by DOGE employees can expose sensitive data from millions of Americans

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The National (Scotland)

Silent Anas Sarwar urged to speak out against Labour welfare cut plans

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has been urged to take a stand against the £6 billion worth of social security cuts that are reportedly being…

The National (Scotland)

What DWP changes to PIP and Universal Credit mean for you

The UK Government is reportedly set to introduce a sweeping range of social security reforms in a bid to slash £6 billion off the benefits bill ...

AAP

Millions of Australians set for welfare payments boost

More than five million people will see their welfare payments boosted later this month, under the latest round of indexation changes.

The National (Scotland)

Labour 'wrong' to raid benefits budget to boost defence spending, MP warns

Labour have been slammed for their plans to gut social security benefits to fund increased defence spending ...

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The Average Social Security Check in Every State

Do you live in this New England state with the heftiest check? Your Social Security benefit can be affected by where you live.

The Guardian - UK

The world must learn to take Donald Trump literally

In his reckoning, there are not so much as sovereign states, but properties with tenants that can purchased

The Independent UK

Musk’s DOGE team gets access to sensitive child support database despite objections from officials

DOGE’s efforts to probe separate IRS data are currently on hold

Latin Times

Democratic Senator Mocks Elon Musk With a List of '5 Things' Trump Accomplished This Week: 'Hope This Helps'

Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) mocked Elon Musk on X by copying his recent demand to federal workers and sharing a list of "5 things" he claims President Donald Trump accomplished this week.

Latin Times

Former Social Security Commissioner Predicts Social Security Could Collapse Within 90 Days as DOGE Slashes Staff

Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O'Malley is slamming the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)'s cuts to Social Security staff and warning that the administration is heading for meltdown within 90 days if it continues on its current trajectory, according to a report.

Fortune

Social Security's acting chief privately admits DOGE 'will make mistakes' while cuts delay processing of claims, report says

"DOGE people are learning and they will make mistakes, but we have to let them see what is going on at SSA."

International Business Times

Social Security Administration To Recover 100% Of Overpayments Made To Beneficiaries

SSA Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek said it is the agency's "duty to revise the overpayment repayment policy back to full withholding."

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