The SSA announced plans in late February to eliminate about 7,000 jobs — 12.3 percent of the current staff — as part of a major restructuring that has already seen several off

DOGE is sifting through Social Security payments in an anti-fraud effort that has some worried the administration could deny payments to vulnerable older Americans.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is delving deeper into the United States Social Security benefits, reportedly scrutinizing $1.6 trillion worth of payments. The department is looking through records that include the names of beneficiaries,