The program gave birth to the idea of retirement and covers nearly all Americans — but now it faces major financial and customer service challenges.
Category: Government Efficiency Department (US)
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E.P.A. to Stop Updating Popular Database After Lead Scientist Criticized Trump
The database, which helps companies calculate their greenhouse gas emissions, will continue under a consortium that includes Stanford University.
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Trump Announces Health Care Records System for Consumers
The administration is working with tech companies to make sharing information with various providers easier. Experts raised concerns about privacy and security.
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Federal Workers’ ‘Emotional Roller Coaster’: Fired, Rehired, Fired Again
Former government employees are finding that perhaps the only thing harder than getting laid off from the federal government is staying that way.
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Facing Painful Cuts, the V.A. Reported Dubious Savings to DOGE
The Department of Veterans Affairs claimed credit for canceling contracts that had not been canceled, and tallied savings unrelated to the cost-cutting efforts.
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Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Administration’s Mass Firings of Federal Workers
The Trump administration had asked the justices to block a lower court’s ruling that paused the largest phase of the president’s efforts to downsize the government.
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Joe Gebbia, the DOGE Wild Card in Musk’s Feud With Trump
Joe Gebbia, a confidant of the technology billionaire and a Tesla director, is also a leader of the federal cost-cutting team. The fight might put him in a bind.
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The Evolution of Trump’s Views on Foreign Aid
The administration has gutted agencies like U.S.A.I.D., and President Trump has denigrated their work as wasteful and rife with fraud. His views on humanitarian assistance have seesawed since he entered political life.
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No, a TikTok Trick Won’t Erase Student Loan Debt
Videos promoting a quick hack for having student loans forgiven are circulating. Experts warn the trick doesn’t work.
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Katie Miller’s Washington Rise Takes a Musk Detour
She is one half of a Trump-world power couple. But she’s on Team Elon. It’s gotten complicated.