U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk claimed that improbably old people — including people "about 150 years old" and more than 220 years old — were "collecting Social ...

For more than a decade, Social Security’s inspector general has been on a quest to get dead people off the benefit rolls. The effort started before former corporate lawyer Gail Ennis took the job in ...

For more than a decade, Social Security’s inspector general has been on a quest to get dead people off the benefit rolls. The effort started before former corporate lawyer Gail Ennis took the job in ...

As part of his stated crusade to cut federal spending through the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk has turned his attention to Social Security recipients over the age of 100. With ...

Many readers have been emailing me asking for my help in understanding the allegations made by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency about sloppy recordkeeping at the Social Security ...

Many readers have been emailing me asking for my help in understanding the allegations made by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency about sloppy recordkeeping at the Social Security ...

The seal of the Social Security Administration outside the agency's headquarters in Woodlawn, Maryland, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. Credit - Stefani Reynolds—Bloomberg/Getty Images The private ...

The seal of the Social Security Administration outside the agency's headquarters in Woodlawn, Maryland, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. Editorial Fellow The private information of hundreds of millions of ...

A senior official at the U.S. Social Security Administration today filed a whistleblower complaint over DOGE’s access to agency data. The official, SSA Chief Data Officer Chuck Borges, is represented ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has disputed a whistleblower's allegations that claimed DOGE made an unauthorized, unsecured copy of a critical database - but it's what the denial doesn't say ...