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Social Security walks back DOGE’s abandonment of phone services
The proposal prompted a flood of angry constituents showing up to SSA field offices, prompting lawmakers and administration officials to intervene.
Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to ...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Found Something It Can Cut—Its Massive Savings Target
Billionaire CEO Elon Musk confessed to the Cabinet Monday that his cost-cutting scheme fell enormously short of the $1 ...
‘Hands Off’ protest held in Springfield over Social Security changes
A protest was held outside of the federal building on Main Street in Springfield to call on lawmakers to reassess the future of Social Security.
Social Security Dumps DOGE Phone Service Cuts
Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement that the phone policy and ...
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Social Security stops phone service cuts, will have ‘anti-fraud check’
“Beginning on April 14, #SocialSecurity will perform an anti-fraud check on all claims filed over the telephone and flag ...
Social Security backtracks on in-person identification policy after outcry. Here's what it means.
The agency said it's reversing a decision to cut phone services for identity verification after a backlash from seniors.
Social Security Administration Reverses Decision to Cut Phone Services After Outcry
At the last minute, the Social Security Administration has announced it won’t be cutting phone services for seniors—a policy it had previously claimed would go into effect on Monday. Now, the agency ...
Social Security ditches DOGE plan to slash phone services after public outcry
The agency had been considering requiring most applicants for Social Security to travel to an office to register in person.
Seniors struggle with Social Security ‘shambles’ as admin admits it can ‘suck’
In the wake of the Trump administration and DOGE’s overhaul attempts, complaints are flooding in from senior citizens about ...
Social Security reversals, office closures, cost cuts: here's what's happening now.
A day after it announced the elimination of the Office of Transformation, the SSA said it was closing the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity and that it would reassign the office's tasks - ...
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Anxiety grows in Mass. over Social Security staff cuts, errors, long wait times
In recent weeks, phones have been ringing at local councils on aging, elected officials’ offices and Social Security field offices amid concerns about the Trump administration's changes to the program ...