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Momentous decisions loom for state and city officials, who will either have to reduce services or find a way to absorb huge cuts in federal aid.

On May 22, House Republicans passed their budget reconciliation omnibus — the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — which would cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, among other spendi...

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The change follows reporting by Nextgov/FCW about the policy and its contributions to a slowdown in retirement claims processing.

The youth volunteers who were working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storms to distributing supplies for hurricane recovery were suddenly pulled from service. Why? DOGE cuts.

The Trump Administration has made a shocking claim: that it can declare living people dead to cut off their access to government benefits and the broader U.S. financial system. According to reporting....

A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits. But that fake data exists for a reason.

A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s deaths database were ignored.

His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits. But that fake data exists for a reason.

By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.

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The agencies have still not reached an agreement on sharing information. But immigration officials now say they’re seeking records on millions of people suspected of being in the United States without...

Sharing the latest stories across public benefits programs and digital service delivery

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

This statement can be attributed to Ashley Burnside, senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)  Washington, DC, March 13, 2025—CLASP is disappointed to see the cancellation...

DOGE officials also put millions of taxpayers’ private data at risk and refused to say why they needed access to it, the official says.

The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.

The plan to cut America's most successful safety net program in half