DOGE Wants to Cripple Social Security Phone Services
The Trump administration has proposed adding additional identity verification requirements to Social Security phone services.
Social Security workers say proposed staffing cuts would delay services for Mainers
Workers and their union warned that they are already understaffed, and further cuts — including a possible closure of the ...
Netanyahu seeks to oust head of Israel's domestic security service
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service that he will ask ...
Social Security scraps plans for far-reaching cuts to phone services
The shift would have directed elderly and disabled people to rely on the internet and in-person field offices to process ...
It's unclear how much DOGE tried to cut Social Security phone services
The Washington Post published an article (archived) titled "Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to ...
Social Security Administration to cut phone service for direct-deposit transactions
The Social Security Administration said Wednesday it is eliminating telephone service for direct-deposit account transactions ...
New Social Security anti-fraud rule will force more people to visit agency offices
The Social Security Administration will require people filing benefit applications who cannot prove their identities online ...
Here’s What We Know About Trump And Musk’s Social Security Plans—As Agency Reportedly Mulls Cutting Phone Services
DOGE making sweeping cuts at the Social Security Administration “would be catastrophic for the people in our country,” the ...
Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients
Beginning March 31st, people will no longer be able to verify their identity to the SSA over the phone and those who cannot ...
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Critics blast Social Security's new security measures
The Social Security Administration (SSA) says it's taking "proactive steps to enhance the security of its services" but some ...
Social Security Administration unionized workers warn that mass cuts from DOGE could cripple the system
U.S. Social Security Administration could lose as much as 50 percent of its Social Security administrative staff, union ...