At present, the agency is being run by acting Commissioner Leland Dudek, who has cut more than 12 percent of the SSA’s 57,000-person staff and says DOGE is calling the shots, despite a court order ...

Social Security, the nearly 90-year-old, safety-net program that serves more than 73 million Americans, is under attack.

WASHINGTON—When Elon Musk visited the National Security Agency last month, current and former senior officials feared he was planning mass layoffs at its sprawling Maryland headquarters.

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President Trump's nominee for SSA was questioned about DOGE during a Tuesday Senate hearing. Has Elon Musk-headed agency closed any Florida offices?