DOGE updates 11M SSA records; SSA confirms no benefits paid to those over 115. Data cleanup targets errors, not actual payments to deceased.

However, the SSA has suggested the figures have been misread and those millions refer to many not receiving benefits but "do not have a date of death associated with their record." Its published ...

Starting September 30, 2025, the SSA will stop issuing paper checks for those who still receive their benefits this way.

Your Social Security earnings record is a detailed account of your reported earnings for each year you’ve worked. It’s used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to calculate your benefits.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for the DOGE team that had been led by Elon Musk to examine Social Security records that include personal information on most Americans ...

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that DOGE, the team formerly led by Elon Musk, can examine Social Security records that include personal information on most Americans. Acting by a 6-3 vote, the ...

The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 9-6 vote declined on April 30 to pause Hollander's block on DOGE's unlimited access to Social Security Administration records.

Up to 4 million Social Security recipients have been wrongly marked as deceased in New York State, according to an April 23 report from The Daily Beast. It's a scary thought being played out as ...

In March, Hollander temporarily barred SSA from giving DOGE team members access to SSA records, and in April it extended that prohibition while litigation continued in the lower courts. By a vote of 9 ...