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State Department unveils massive overhaul of agency, 15 percent staff reduction
Plans include consolidating 734 bureaus and offices to 602 as well as transitioning 137 offices "to another location within ...
Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead
A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s ...
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED ...
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On Social Security’s Front Lines, Customers Seek Service — and Reassurance
The agency, which administers $130 billion in monthly payments to more than 73 million Americans, said in a recent statement ...
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Trump Comes Up With New Plan to Gut Social Security
The Trump administration is planning to further cripple the Social Security Administration by making it easier to fire ...
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State to slash 15% of domestic staff, eliminate 132 offices
The State Department will eliminate 15% of its domestic staff as part of a reorganization of the entire agency, which will ...
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Biden re-emerges to defend Social Security as Trump cuts agency staff
Biden attacks Trump administration over staff cuts at Social Security Administration Re-enters political fray after leaving office in January ... administration cuts agency staff and shutters ...
National Security Agency chief and deputy director dismissed
Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist who met with Trump this week, took credit for their removals in a social media ...
US Social Security agency delays, rolls back some service cuts after complaints
The U.S. Social Security Administration said on Wednesday it would delay planned phone service cuts to retirees by two weeks and abandon a rule that would have required some disabled and elderly ...