Usually, the federal government spends to help people through recessions. Now, “there will be far less attempt to cushion the effects,” said political economist Mark Blyth.

The Social Security Administration could lose at least 7,000 workers under recommended staff cuts by DOGE. That could lead to serious delays in benefits processing.

Additional identity requirements for those signing up for Social Security could boost visitors to field offices that already have long waits.

No one has ever lived that long, but a misleading spreadsheet from Elon Musk purports to show they’re still in the safety net agency’s database.

The National Bureau of Economic Research found the number of deaths was large enough to result in a net increase to the Social Security fund.

More and more children are living with older adults drawing Social Security.

The US government is $36 trillion in debt. But who is owed all that money?

The Department of Government Efficiency, aka DOGE, is a task force Trump has appointed, headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. It has some lofty resolutions for its stated goal of cutting wasteful government spending.

About 3 million retirees would get full benefits in addition to pensions. As a result, Social Security could hit insolvency earlier.

The study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds many retirees worried they are spending more than they can afford.