The Social Security Administration’s plan, warned one Senate Democrat, will likely lead to “worse service and more challenges.” The Trump administration is reportedly looking to dramatically reduce the number of people who visit Social Security field offices across the United States, a plan that Democratic lawmakers warned is yet another scheme to disrupt and ultimately cut benefits. Nextgov/FCW viewed internal Social Security Administration (SSA) […]
“Republicans gave away trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy,” said US Sen. Ed Markey. “Now they are asking Americans to work longer. We won’t stand for it.” Trump-appointed Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano on Friday drew immediate fire from many progressives after he said raising the retirement age for American workers was on the table. […]
“Despite their repeated claims they wanted to protect Social Security, the Trump administration said the quiet part out loud,” said one critic in response to the billionaire treasury secretary’s candid comments. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday admitted that a provision in Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a mechanism for privatizing Social […]
Artificial intelligence systems, the four senators argue, “represent a troubling pattern that if continued, would significantly impede Americans’ ability” to access their benefits. Four U.S. senators—three Democrats and Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders—demanded answers Tuesday from the Trump administration about its “reckless rollout” of artificial intelligence chatbot technology into phone systems “that have blocked people from […]
