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Elon Musk’s government efficiency team, DOGE, is taking aim at Social Security, claiming fraud while pushing controversial changes.

The Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off at least 7,000 people from its workforce of 60,000 — and the final reduction in force number could be as high as 50%, according to two people familiar with the agency’s plans who are not authorized to speak publicly

Social Security's finances have improved slightly in the last year. But the popular retirement program still faces big challenges including the threat of automatic benefit cuts in less than a decade.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley would be the first Social Security commissioner nominated by a Democratic president since 2001.

The proposed budget calls for tax cuts for the uber-rich and an increase in the Social Security retirement age

"Republicans have told us over and over again that they want to cut Social Security," advocacy group warns

The ability of the GOP to change, even end, key features of Social Security hinges on who controls Congress after the midterm elections.

Social Security beneficiaries are set to get the largest boost to their benefits in four decades.