US EditionSocial Security’s acting leader faces calls to resign over decision to cut Maine contracts
- Lee Dudek, acting Social Security Administrator, ordered staff to cancel Maine's contracts on February 27, 2025.
- Dudek's order came after Trump publicly threatened Maine on February 21, 2025, for its transgender athlete policy.
- Dudek's action targeted a program in place since the 1980s that helped parents register newborns.
- Dudek wrote, "No money will go from the public trust to a petulant child," referring to Governor Mills.
- The Social Security Administration reinstated the contracts amid an outcry and Maine's congressional delegation pressure.
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Trump official targeted Maine Social Security services as political revenge: emails
The top Democrat on the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Wednesday led calls for the resignation of acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Leland Dudek following the revelation of internal emails confirming that the SSA canceled contracts with the state of Maine as political payback aft...
Busted: Emails show Trump admin targeted state's Social Security as political revenge
The top Democrat on the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Wednesday led calls for the resignation of acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Leland Dudek following the revelation of internal emails confirming that the SSA canceled contracts with the state of Maine as political payback after Democratic Gov. Janet Mills publicly defied President Donald Trump in support of transgender student athletes. The emails—which were obtained by H…
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