Social Security, Donald Trump

Prediction: 2 Ways President Donald Trump Will Decisively Change Social Security in 2025
Since being inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2025, Trump has signed an executive order that directs government agencies to reduce their staff and cut costs. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is expected to reduce its staff by 7,000 workers to 50,000, as well as shutter some of its locations.
What Trump and Musk Want With Social Security
The two maintain that they won’t attack the program, but their repeated claims of rampant fraud serve a strategic purpose.
Senators to Trump Social Security nominee: 'You will be responsible' if benefits are interrupted
Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Ron Wyden of Oregon are warning Frank Bisignano, the nominee to lead the Social Security Administration, that he will be responsible if staff cuts interfere with the agency’s ability to process and disburse benefit checks.
The Big Social Security Change President Donald Trump Wants to Make and Why It's Unlikely
The president has seemingly doubled down on his proposal since his returning to Washington. In February, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Trump administration is committed to implementing the "largest tax cut in history," which includes ending taxes on Social Security.
Under Trump, Social Security resumes what it once called ‘clawback cruelty’
Beginning March 27, to recover new overpayments, the Social Security Administration will automatically withhold 100% of recipients’ monthly benefits.
What do Trump, Musk, and Louisiana's delegation think about fixing Social Security?
The Social Security trust fund is running out of money. Here's what President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and members of Louisiana's Congressional delegation think should be done.
Musk muddies Trump’s messaging on Social Security and Medicare
President Donald Trump’s promises to safeguard Social Security and Medicare are being complicated by his close adviser Elon Musk’s far-reaching cost-cutting efforts at the helm of the Department of Government Efficiency.
President Trump says he’ll ‘always protect’ Social Security, Medicare benefits — as GOP mulls Medicaid reform
President Trump says he’ll ‘always protect’ Social Security, Medicare benefits — but where will $880 billion in budget cuts come from?
Boomers: Trump's Social Security Plan Has a Major Flaw No One Is Addressing
It’s an unfortunate fact that many Americans enter retirement without savings. People in that boat inevitably wind up heavily reliant on Social Security, to the point where it’s their only source of income.
Trump suspends security clearance of people at Paul Weiss law firm
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday suspending security clearances held by people at New York law ...
A National Security Expert Warns Trump's Foreign Policy Approach Could Backfire
The president is setting out to rewrite the world order, creating the conditions for more uncertainty at home and abroad.
Europe’s military personnel shortfalls exposed as Trump warns US security priorities lie elsewhere
The Trump administration’s warning last month that Europe must now take care of security in its own backyard raises troubling ...
Here’s What We Know About Trump And Musk’s Social Security Plans—As Agency Reportedly Mulls Cutting Phone Services
DOGE making sweeping cuts at the Social Security Administration “would be catastrophic for the people in our country,” the ...
Government shutdown live updates: Senate passes funding bill; Trump gives campaign-style speech at DOJ
Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...
Trump Administration Opens Leak Investigations
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, said she intended to hold officials who released information ...
Feds arrest another Columbia University student amid Trump immigration crackdown
Columbia University student has been arrested by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with Homeland Security ...
Trump plan to house migrants at Guantanamo Bay faces mounting hurdles, internal doubts
President Donald Trump’s high-profile effort to transfer migrants from the United States to the Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, ...