Elon Musk’s DOGE is driving cuts at the Social Security Administration. The House censured Democratic Rep. Al Green for protesting Trump’s speech. Trump is preparing orders calling for the Education Department’s closure.

President Trump and Elon Musk have repeated false claims that payments are being made to dead people, which Senator Bernie Sanders called a lie, to ‘lay the groundwork’ for cutting benefits. President Donald Trump’s falso claim that there is “shocking levels of incompetence and probable fraud” in the Social Security system during his address to Congress Tuesday is just the latest in a series of attacks from the Republican administration,

Only time will tell if the prediction by Martin O’Malley, the former Social Security commissioner, is accurate.

The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.

I asked the Social Security Administration to reconcile its claim of a bloated workforce with the facts. I got no reply. Nearly 69 million Americans were receiving benefits as of

Staffing cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the Social Security Administration could lead to more than 73 million retirees facing delayed payments or worse and a "system collapse" according to a former commissioner.

Across-the-board cuts at the Social Security Administration are prompting questions about how the benefits of millions of recipients may be affected. Among the potential changes are layoffs for more than 10% of the agency’s workforce and the closure of dozens of offices throughout the U.

Just as people tend to do their fair share of needless spending, so does the federal government. But that wastes taxpayers’ dollars and puts pressure on key programs that are essential to many people.