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

Donald Trump's purge of the federal workforce could cause a system failure at the Social Security Administration, the agency's former leader warned.

Ex-commissioner and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said in a recent interview with CNBC that staff cuts and other changes made by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will likely lead to an interruption of benefits for the over 72.5 million Americans who get monthly checks.

Former head of the Social Security Administration, Martin O'Malley, warns that planned staffing cuts could put Social Security payments at risk, potentially for the first time in history. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Jordan Weissmann joins Wealth to discuss how a 12% workforce reduction may lead to a loss of essential tech support,

SSA employees told the Post that DOGE-led cuts to staff, spending and operating systems are already sowing chaos and delaying the processing of claims, including reviews of disabi

DOGE is sifting through Social Security payments in an anti-fraud effort that has some worried the administration could deny payments to vulnerable older Americans.

A group of labor unions are asking a federal court to stop DOGE from accessing the Social Security data of millions of Americans.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is delving deeper into the United States Social Security benefits, reportedly scrutinizing $1.6 trillion worth of payments. The department is looking through records that include the names of beneficiaries,