WASHINGTON — The temporary director of the Social Security Administration suggested agency operations would be so impaired by a court banishing Elon Musk’s DOGE team from sensitive databases that he would just turn out the lights. A federal judge on […]
WASHINGTON — The leading advocacy group for older Americans is not happy at all about the Donald Trump administration’s plans to require office visits for certain Social Security requests that have long been handled by phone. The Social Security Administration
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The temporary leader of the Social Security Administration should resign for “outrageous” political retaliation against the state of Maine, Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) said Wednesday. Earlier this month, the Social Security Administration canceled contracts with Maine’s health department that had
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WASHINGTON ― The acting head of the Social Security Administration said he was “upset” with Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat who clashed with President Donald Trump at the White House last month, and suggested their feud played a role
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WASHINGTON — A government funding bill that passed the Senate on Friday could force the city government here to slash its budget by about $1 billion, a cut city leaders say could force them to fire workers — including police
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WASHINGTON ― The Senate on Friday unanimously approved a bill to fix one of the harshest provisions of the government funding bill that the Senate just sent to the president’s desk to avert a government shutdown. Senate Minority Leader Chuck
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Democrats across the ideological spectrum are sharply criticizing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for caving on his threat to block a Republican bill to avert a government shutdown. Schumer on Wednesday announced Democrats would filibuster the legislation, but then
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WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a government funding bill that would avert a Friday night shutdown if it clears the Senate by then. The vote was another victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who once
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday seemed to knock billionaire Elon Musk back a notch, with adverse federal court rulings, anxious GOP lawmakers and the unpopularity of Musk’s move-fast-and-break-stuff efforts to gut the government seemingly convincing him to put
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For decades, new parents across the United States have been able to check a box on hospital forms in order to request Social Security numbers for their newborns. For a brief period this week, that was no longer the case
