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The Social Security Administration - the sprawling federal agency that delivers retirement, disability and survivor benefits to 74 million Americans - began the second Trump administration with a host...

The agency’s “average speed of answer” metric masks longer call wait times, according to data in a recent OIG report.

Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.

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A new bombshell report revealing new details about Jeffrey Epstein and his international influence has led one MAGA lawmaker to suggest the House may remain in recess through 2026 to avoid drawing more attention to the revelations.According to a report Friday from Drop Site News, Epstein had helped ...

The Social Security commissioner has come under fire in recent days as shares in his former company depreciated shortly after his tax-advantaged divestiture from the financial technology firm.

The Trump Administration’s Assault on Science

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

President shuns shutdown talks for golf trip

Democratic leaders say “large differences” remain after meeting with President Trump.

Charles Borges said he was stepping down as chief data officer for the Social Security Administration because of the agency's "actions against me."

The decision seemingly contradicts the Office of Personnel Management’s guidance not to terminate collective bargaining agreements while litigation challenging the edict progresses, though it was rece...

Social Security’s Facebook page is, from time to time, pockmarked with negative reviews of a new phone bot, which the agency said handed nearly 41% of calls in July.

Yet another tale of AI's less-than-stellar employee track record has emerged.

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The federal HR agency removed all coverage of gender-affirming care from its health benefits program, barring three exceptions, following two recent executive orders.

The agency said in a recent regulatory filing that the identification pin had been made optional for those wishing to change direct deposit information over the phone. Internal policy says they’re sti...

The agency initially denied there was an issue.

The average annual savings from these benefit cuts would barely pay for a single day of the massive tax cuts for the wealthy that are part of the Republican megabill enacted in July.

American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest union representing 320,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) expressed outrage after VA Secretary Doug Collins notifi...

Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who don't have jurisdiction over the caller's case, employees say.

Senior citizens soon won’t be able to simply call the Social Security Administration to change their address or check the status of their benefit claim. Instead, they will have to first verify their i...