Social Security, DOGE

Worker Removed for Aiding DOGE Is Made Social Security Boss Within Days
Leland Dudek’s weekend started with a phone call removing him from his job at the Social Security Administration after giving information about the agency to DOGE, the government cost-cutting initiative associated with billionaire Elon Musk.
Social Security Chief Issues Update on DOGE Involvement
Lee Dudek, the new acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, said DOGE staffers won't be able make changes to agency systems or payments.
DOGE Said It Cut $232 Million From Social Security Budget. It Was Only About Half a Million.
The Social Security budget cut, an anti-trans attack, was the latest example of confusion sown by bold claims that wither under scrutiny.
Should you be worried about Elon Musk’s DOGE accessing your Social Security information?
Attempts by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to seek access to the Social Security Administration’s database have sparked concern that it could compromise people’s private financial and medical information and could lead to a disruption in benefits.
DOGE Reveals Social Security Administration Cuts
The unofficial government department has so far identified savings of just over $232 million with regards to the SSA alone.
What DOGE could gain by accessing your Social Security data
When people think of Social Security, they typically think of monthly benefits — for the roughly 69 million retirees, disabled workers, dependents and survivors who receive them today.
The Newly Elevated Acting Head of Social Security Covertly Helped DOGE
Some Democrats have raised concerns about Leland Dudek’s leadership of the agency.
Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information, AP sources say
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of Government Efficiency requests to access Social Security recipient information.
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for ...
Social Security's top official resigns after clash with Elon Musk's DOGE
The top Social Security official stepped down after refusing to provide Elon Musk's DOGE access to sensitive government ...
Musk says DOGE found Social Security fraud. O’Malley disputes claims.
Elon Musk suggests millions of Americans 100 or older are receiving Social Security benefits. A former Social Security ...
New Social Security chief refutes claims of deceased people over 100 years old getting checks
People who are listed as over 100 years old in the Social Security system are "not necessarily receiving benefits," the new head of the agency said Wednesday, contradicting claims that tens of ...
Social Security Alarm Raised by Trump's Commerce Secretary
Howard Lutnick said that Elon Musk is going to "cut a trillion dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse" in Social Security, ...
Social Security's Insolvency Is Driven by Benefits for the Living, Not Fraud by the Dead
Elon Musk claims that his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has uncovered "the biggest fraud in history" within the ...
As DOGE continues federal budget cuts, Elon Musk turns focus to people over 100 receiving Social Security benefits
Amid efforts to cut wasteful federal spending, there's new scrutiny on just how long some Social Security beneficiaries have ...
Trump Appears to Contradict White House, Says Elon Musk in Charge of DOGE
DOGE has swept through federal agencies since Trump began his second term as president last month. Musk, chief executive of carmaker Tesla, was put in charge of rooting out what t ...