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To Up Pressure, Administration Lists 6K Migrants as Dead

Putting names in Social Security's death file could cut 'terminate' immigrants' financial existence

(Newser) - The Trump administration has turned up the pressure on people in the US legally on work permits to leave by adding more than 6,000 of them to Social Security's "death master file." The idea of listing the immigrants with the dead is to keep them from...

Amid DOGE Cuts, 'Utter Chaos' for Social Security

Frequent website crashes seen as an 'attack on the legitimacy of Social Security itself'

(Newser) - The Trump administration has run into trouble in cutting Social Security phone services while directing Americans to the agency's website, which has repeatedly crashed under high traffic. Users "are facing chronic website outages" when trying to log in to their accounts, the Washington Post reports, noting the website...

Social Security Walks Back Phone Verification Cuts

Agency delays policy change for most applicants, exempts others

(Newser) - The Social Security Administration has postponed a plan to cut phone services for Americans applying for benefits, while offering an olive branch to the most vulnerable. The administration's initial announcement that people filing claims would need to verify their identity online or in person starting Monday drew an uproar...

GOP Senators Want Musk to 'Zip It' on Social Security
GOP Starting to Fear
Blowback Over Social Security
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Mar 20, 2025 2:48 PM CDT

GOP Starting to Fear Blowback Over Social Security

One Republican senator wants Elon Musk to 'zip it' over potential cuts

(Newser) - Elon Musk has been dipping his toes into what NBC News calls "one of the most politically dangerous arenas in America"—Social Security payments. And multiple Republican senators want very much for him to butt out, reports the Hill .
  • "He should zip it on that. It's
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Social Security Administration Will Crack Down on ID Checks

Many will likely have to show up in-person to prove their identity

(Newser) - In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures—which will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with the agency over the phone, the AP reports. Beginning March 31st, people will no longer be able...

Ex-Head of SSA Sees Imminent Social Security 'Collapse'

Martin O'Malley advises to 'start saving now,' predicts some checks may stop in next 30-90 days

(Newser) - The Social Security Administration hasn't missed sending out benefits checks in the more than 80 years that it's been doing so, but that may be about to change amid recent moves by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to slash spending at government agencies, according to a...

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