Former Social Security commissioner Martin O’Malley laughed at Elon Musk’s accusation that the agency was rife with fraud on Tuesday's “CNN News Central."

Social Security has lost buying power since 2010, a national group says, and that combined with soaring housing costs puts “extreme” stress on some older residents’ budgets.

He applied to the Connecticut Department of Social Services for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits, claiming he “earned no income from employment.”

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is under instruction to slash its staff by 50 percent, according to media reports. Newsweek reached out to the agency via online form for comment. After his 2024 presidential election victory and subsequent inauguration,

Some Democrats have raised concerns about Leland Dudek’s leadership of the agency.

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As part of its effort to cut spending, DOGE has targeted two Social Security offices in Kentucky and two federal offices in Lexington.

W hen Elon Musk asked federal employees to send an email listing out five things they accomplished in the past week, most agency heads told their workers not to respond to the dir

A proposal to close a Social Security Administration office in White Plains is drawing ire from an array of New York elected officials, including the state attorney general, who has no legal authority over the decision but wrote a letter to the agency’s acting commissioner opposing the decision.

At least five of the eight regional heads have decided to leave as the mid-level worker-turned-acting commissioner is said to mull workforce reduction.