The Latest Breaking News from Social Security

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

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

Ministers say ‘unsustainable’ rise in spending must be tackled but many backbenchers fear changes will not work

Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, publicly clashed with Trump at a televised meeting last month

The Social Security Administration has blocked employees from reading news, shopping, and browsing sports sites during working hours.

DOGE chief Elon Musk recently signalled at a conference that the USPS and the passenger rail service Amtrak should be privatised to resolve their long-standing financial challenges.

Entitlements are a much bigger expense, but that doesn't mean the waste doesn't matter.

All-staff email is latest Trump-led assault on agency that runs safety-net program for 73 million Americans

The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has secured unprecedented access to at least seven sensitive federal databases, including those of the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration. This access has sparked fears about cybersecurity vulnerabilities and privacy violations. Another concern has received far less attention: the potential use…