The memo exempts Medicare and Social Security benefits ... afternoon, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. temporarily suspended the implementation of the spending freeze until Feb. 3.

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk said Thursday that slashing a trillion in federal spending is “quite achievable” without impacting the core services — and vowed that Social Security recipients ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA ... part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cuts to federal spending. The SSA later said it was not permanently closing offices, but ...

Husband Tom, my resident politico, once told me: “Anybody who comes in and wants to slash Social Security ... federal deficits over the next 10 years. It also calls for $4.5 trillion in spending ...

While this comes as good news for government watchdogs who have wanted to keep a tighter rein on federal spending ... efficiency measures or cuts to Social Security programs, retirees could ...

Her focus is reporting on Social ... federal spending. Newsweek contacted the SSA via email for comment outside of regular working hours on Tuesday. The SSA website is used by Social Security ...

President Donald Trump has made it a priority to cut down on government spending ... elimination of federal income taxes as one concern that can impact Social Security. “Trump has most recently ...

The agency already doesn't have enough employees, she said, and more staff hours will be wasted if current employees have to start spending ... treating Social Security and all the federal ...

A court order blocking President Donald Trump’s freeze on trillions of dollars in spending for grants, loans and other financial assistance will remain in place while the government challenges ...

Democrats argued that Elon Musk and DOGE were going after Social Security and Medicare in their effort to cut federal spending, prompting the White House to respond. President Donald Trump ...

In fact, a number of independent and government analyses suggest that the opposite is true: Unauthorized immigrants pay more into Social Security and Medicare than they receive in federal benefits.