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Elon Musk, Social Security

Elon Musk Issues Update on Social Security: 'Increasingly Optimistic'

Elon Musk has said that Social Security benefits could increase as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues its investigations into the Social Security Administration (SSA). Social Security benefits are paid monthly,

The Boston Globe · 11h

Musk’s DOGE descends on Social Security Administration

Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices.

Politifact · 2d

Elon Musk’s chart doesn’t prove millions of centenarians fraudulently get Social Security benefits

Ronald Gunia, a retired longtime director in the Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General who worked on the 2015 and 2023 reports, said that incomplete data can increase chances for fraud, and that Musk was correct to highlight data problems that remain unresolved despite years of audits.

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MLive · 56m

Saying no to Elon Musk? FBI, Pentagon refuse to comply with Musk’s latest employee demand

The pushback from appointees of President Donald Trump marked a new level of chaos and confusion within the beleaguered federal workforce

The Washington Post · 20h

Key federal agencies refuse to comply with Musk's latest demand in his cost-cutting crusade

Key federal agencies such as the FBI, State Department and Pentagon have instructed their employees not to comply with Elon Musk’s latest demand that they explain what they accomplished last week or r

Chicago Tribune · 18h

Key agencies, including some led by Donald Trump loyalists, refuse to comply with Elon Musk’s latest demand

Key U.S. agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with cost-cutting chief Elon Musk’s demand that federal workers explain what

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Factchecking Elon Musk’s Claim That Millions of Dead People Receive Social Security Checks

It is true that improper payments have been made—including some to dead people—but the claims thrown out by Elon Musk and ...

As Elon Musk’s email demand creates chaos for federal workers, Patel tells FBI to hit ‘pause’

Pentagon leadership instructed employees to “pause” any response to Musk’s team, according to an email from Jules Hurst, the ...

Politifact16m

How does the US spend taxpayer money? What to know as DOGE, Elon Musk look for cuts

How ‘mandatory’ is mandatory spending? Mandatory spending programs run on autopilot until Congress passes a rule change and the president signs it into law. So they are a bit more protected than ...

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Lawmakers warn DOGE to ‘keep your hands off our Social Security’ amid Elon Musk-led budget cuts — should millions of retired Americans be concerned?

Lawmakers have expressed concern over Elon Musk’s involvement with DOGE and its potential influence on Social Security funds.

Trump appointees appear to contradict Musk for first time in pushback to OPM email

A rift appeared to open Sunday between some of President Donald Trump’s agency heads and Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with reforming the federal government, over Musk’s demand that all federal ...