Bessent names Social Security head Frank Bisignano as IRS’s seventh commissioner this year and first CEO, bypassing Senate confirmation as both agencies lose up to 25% of workforce from DOGE cuts.
Trump administration plans Social Security disability rule eliminating age as eligibility factor or raising threshold to 60, potentially denying benefits to 750,000 older Americans.
Senate Democrats demand clarity from White House after Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano says he’d consider raising retirement age, then walks back comment claiming administration “not considering” changes.
The FCC moves to reverse a Biden-era rule providing internet hotspots to students, citing internet safety rules that the program already follows.
The IRS will end paper tax refunds by a Sept. 30 deadline mandated by Trump, leaving millions of unbanked and elderly citizens without a clear waiver process.
The Social Security Administration denies data leak claims from its former chief data officer, who says he was forced out for raising the alarm.
A top Senate Republican is investigating the SSA after its chief data officer resigned, alleging DOGE put every Social Security number on a vulnerable server.
The Social Security Administration cuts its congressional casework office from 50 staffers to three, leaving lawmakers with unresponsive liaisons.
A former Social Security chief reveals Trump’s efficiency team ignored real problems to chase nonexistent fraud for quick political wins.
Whistleblower says Trump-aligned DOGE officials at Social Security copied data on 300 million Americans into less secure SSA cloud environment after Supreme Court granted access to records.
