Social Security, Elon Musk and Trump administration

Social Security Admin Tells Employees Musk Email Is Voluntary: Report
Musk warned federal employees over the weekend that non-responses to the email would "be taken as a resignation."
Musk’s DOGE descends on Social Security Administration
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices.
Social Security Administration acting commissioner steps down
Social Security Administration Acting Commissioner Michelle King has stepped down from her role at the agency, a Trump administration official confirmed to CBS News. King was replaced by Leland Dudek, who oversaw the SSA fraud investigation office, and then she resigned, according to the official.
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Social Security will not be touched,” Trump answered, echoing a promise he has been making for years. Despite his eagerness to explode treaties, shutter entire government agencies and abandon decades-old ways of doing things,
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.
Acting head of Social Security Administration resigns after dispute with Elon Musk’s DOGE: report
Michelle King, a career federal worker who had been with SSA since 1994, quit over the DOGE disagreement Saturday and was replaced by Leland Dudek.
Not what it seems: Clarifying the DOGE allegations about Social Security
Despite all the rumors to the contrary, Social Security benefit checks are NOT being sent to people who died a long time ago.

Social Security in 1995 vs today

President Trump's Social Security changes so far: 4 things you should know
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to end federal taxation of Social Security retirement benefits.
Elon Musk Issues Update on Social Security: 'Increasingly Optimistic'
Elon Musk has said that Social Security benefits could increase as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues ...
Will You Get a Tax Refund If You’re Taking Social Security Benefits?
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This was the average Social Security benefit in 1975, and here's what it is now
You may not remember much from 1975, but it was when Gerald Ford was president, Saturday Night Live premiered on TV, and the ...
Social Security Gets Major $205-Billion Boost After COVID Deaths
The deaths of over a million Americans during the pandemic allowed the Social Security program to save billions in future ...
Social Security 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Update: Seniors Could Get a Bigger Boost Than Originally Expected
In a perfect world, the COLAs and inflation would increase in lockstep so that your Social Security checks' buying power ...
Trump, Musk Exaggerate Scale of Improper Social Security Payments to the Dead
President Donald Trump incorrectly interpreted data shared by Elon Musk when he misleadingly claimed on Feb. 18 that ...