Social Security to impose identity checks and limit phone services in fraud crackdown
The Social Security Administration will now require beneficiaries to prove their identity when claiming benefits or changing ...
Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients
In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — ...
DOGE Wants to Cripple Social Security Phone Services
The Trump administration has proposed adding additional identity verification requirements to Social Security phone services.
DOGE Announces 'Major Cleanup' for Social Security
"For the past two weeks, @SocialSecurity has begun a major cleanup of their records. Approximately 3.2 million numberholders, ...
DOGE cuts will endanger Social Security checks, former agency heads say
Even before DOGE, staffing at the Social Security Administration had been in decline as baby boomers approached peak ...
Social Security Employees Warn of Damage From DOGE
Current and former employees, both Republican and Democratic, are raising alarms about the damage cost-cutting efforts could ...
Federal judge considers blocking DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether to temporarily block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ...
Social Security Backtracks on DOGE Phone Service Cuts After Media Report
SSA officials were weighing eliminating telephone support for claims processing and direct-deposit account transactions.
DOGE is searching through Social Security payments looking for fraud
DOGE is sifting through Social Security payments in an anti-fraud effort that has some worried the administration could deny ...