Daily Headlines: Social Security Senators Warren and Wyden demand answers from Social Security Commissioner over reassigning 1,000 field workers to cover failing phone system. July 15, 2025 View Details Social Security pulls 1,000 field office workers to handle phones with 93-minute wait times after Trump job cuts. July 11, 2025 View Details Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano sends mass email falsely claiming Trump’s agenda bill eliminates taxes on Social Security benefits. July 4, 2025 View Details House Republicans pass Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax bill and here’s exactly how it changes your taxes, healthcare and benefits. July 4, 2025 View Details Trump administration stops classifying 6,300 living migrants as dead in Social Security database and switches to marking their numbers as “unverified” to maintain pressure for self-deportation. July 2, 2025 View Details 19-year-old “Big Balls” Coristine returns to government as a special government employee working on Social Security website after resigning, using same classification as Elon Musk for agency access. June 27, 2025 View Details Social Security stops reporting call wait times and processing metrics after DOGE targets customer service as agency faces website crashes and long field office lines. June 21, 2025 View Details New data shows Medicare and Social Security stop paying full benefits in 8-9 years, earlier than projected, before accounting for Trump’s pending budget bill that would trigger additional Medicare cuts. June 19, 2025 View Details Senators Warren and Wyden warn DOGE’s rushed Social Security IT overhaul could cause “catastrophic cuts to all benefits” and system collapse. June 12, 2025 View Details Supreme Court lifts injunction blocking Trump’s DOGE from accessing Social Security data, overriding privacy protections despite three justices’ dissent. June 7, 2025 View Details Federal data centralization project by DOGE sparks privacy concerns over combining Social Security, tax, and medical data. May 8, 2025 View Details Former JPMorgan Chase COO Frank Bisignano confirmed to lead Social Security. May 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security data blocked by lower court injunction. May 3, 2025 View Details Appeals court rules 9–6 to block DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data without training or oversight. May 1, 2025 View Details Senior Social Security executive who oversaw hundreds escorted out by security and placed on leave after opposing Musk appointee’s illegal plan to falsify records. April 13, 2025 View Details Social Security slashes regional staff and moves all public updates to Musk-owned X posts. April 12, 2025 View Details Judge allows one DOGE member access to Treasury data tied to Americans’ bank and Social Security info. April 12, 2025 View Details Trump administration classifies 6,000 living immigrants as dead to force exits and block access to work, banking, and legal status. April 11, 2025 View Details Trump-backed plan to end Social Security phone services abruptly reversed after public backlash. April 10, 2025 View Details DOGE’s fraud crackdown and its untested software rollout have crippled the Social Security website, bringing it down multiple times. April 8, 2025 View Details Acting Social Security chief faces resignation calls over rescinded order that made Maine the only state requiring in-person newborn registration at one of just eight federal offices. April 3, 2025 View Details Social Security portal crashes while DOGE pushes agency to replace staff support with online self-service. April 1, 2025 View Details DOGE pushes to rebuild Social Security Admin code in months although experts say it should take years. March 29, 2025 View Details Social Security delayed new ID rules and exempted Medicare, disability, and SSI applicants, but will still require new retirement and survivor applicants to appear in person. March 27, 2025 View Details Sen. Wyden accuses Trump’s Social Security nominee of lying about role in installing Musk-aligned officials during tense confirmation hearing. March 26, 2025 View Details Social Security fast-tracks service cuts from two years to two weeks at White House request, risking benefit access for hospitalized people, foster kids, and rural Americans March 25, 2025 View Details GOP Sen. John Curtis called on Republicans to be honest about plans to change Social Security for future generations. March 24, 2025 View Details Acting Social Security administrator threatens to shut down agency over court order denying Musk’s DOGE access to records, then reverses himself hours later. March 22, 2025 View Details Judge bars Musk’s DOGE team from Social Security data, citing ‘so-called experts’ and disregard for Americans’ private information. March 21, 2025 View Details AP publishes list of 26 Social Security offices set to close this year, with closure dates. March 20, 2025 View Details Social Security tightens ID rules, forcing millions into offices as closures worsen rural access. March 19, 2025 View Details The White House insists Elon Musk’s plan to cut $600-$700 billion from Social Security will not affect benefits. March 12, 2025 View Details Musk’s DOGE tries linking IRS tax data & federal benefits, despite data laws. March 2, 2025 View Details The Social Security Administration plans to fire between 7,000 and 30,000 workers. February 28, 2025 View Details The acting Social Security Commissioner resigned after 32 years following Elon Musk aides accessing sensitive records February 24, 2025 View Details The Acting Social Security Commissioner resigned after 32 years there following Elon Musk’s aides attempting to access sensitive records. February 18, 2025 View Details
