DOGE officials also put millions of taxpayers’ private data at risk and refused to say why they needed access to it, the official says.

Former Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O’Malley and agency employees say DOGE’s intrusion could mean seniors not getting checks.

Across-the-board cuts at the Social Security Administration are prompting questions about how the benefits of millions of recipients may be affected

Democrats argue that Elon Musk’s criticism of the program and push to squeeze savings from it is a prelude to benefit cuts. Republicans and President Trump say they plan no such thing.

The same day Musk appeared on the podcast, the Social Security Administration announced it plans to reduce its workforce in the coming weeks.

A former insider at the Social Security Administration has gone on the record to describe a "hostile takeover" by Elon Musk and his minions at the Department of Government Efficiency. As reported by the Washington Post,

Reacting to members of Elon Musk's DOGE team digging through troves of U.S. citizens' private information at the Social Security Administration, MSNBC host and former RNC chair Michael Steele had a meltdown on Sunday morning.