Social Security Administration

Social Security officials partially walk back plans for in-person verification

Officials said they would now exempt people who apply for Medicare and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income help for the poor, from having to prove their identity in-person.

Former head of Social Security says Elon Musk and DOGE are wrong about the agency

Michael Astrue, former commissioner of Social Security Administration under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, told NPR Elon Musk is wrong about Social Security and that there is no widespread fraud.

5 takeaways from this week — from courts pushing back on Trump to wars overseas

Here are five takeaways from a week when President Trump moved ahead with deportations and sweeping changes to the federal government — and ran into obstacles in the courts.