US EditionTrump's Social Security chief backs down from 'shutting down' agency
- A federal judge temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing personal data at the Social Security Administration, limiting its investigation efforts.
- Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek acknowledged that the court order could interfere with Social Security services.
- The judge ordered the Department of Government Efficiency personnel to delete all non-anonymized personally identifiable information they had accessed since January 20.
- Advocacy groups reacted strongly, with one leader claiming that Social Security is on the brink under the current leadership, which he called the darkest in its history.
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Trump official says what you say when you have no fear of voters
The director of the Social Security Administration actually said, with actual words, that he’d shut down the agency if he did not get clarity from a judge.Before I get to what the judge said, let that sink in.The man in charge of Social Security said the door is now open to stopping payments to scores of millions of elderly people if he did not get something that he wants from some person whom he dislikes.The man responsible said, in essence, th…
Krugman goes there, on Social Security, Trump voters, Democrats, and Schumer - plus Brian Beutler
The title says it all: Social Security: A Time for Outrage. In case you missed it, Musk is still trying to trash Social Security at every opportunity. Acting Social Security Administrator Leland Dudek, threatened to shut it all down if the courts won’t...
Trump’s Social Security chief backtracks on agency shutdown | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> The head of the Social Security Administration has backed down from “shutting down the agency” after a federal judge rebuked him for misinterpreting a court ruling that limited billionaire Elon Musk’s access to agency information.
What President Trump Has Done With Social Security So Far
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Acting Social Security Chief Confirms He Won’t Shut Down Agency After DOGE Court Order
The acting Social Security Administration (SSA) head called off shutting down the agency after he previously said he would do so in the aftermath of a temporary court order that blocked Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials from accessing data. In a statement on March 21, acting Commissioner Lee Dudek said that he is “not shutting down the agency” and that President Donald Trump “supports keeping Social Security offices open and g…
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