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News Articles: Social Security Administration

The Angel Oak tree on Johns Island near Charleston, S.C., pictured in September 2013.

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  • Arts & Life

Oaklee, Oakley, Oakleigh: Parents branch out to oak-based names, especially in red states

Olivia and Liam are the most popular baby names now, but Social Security Administration data shows oak-based names are gaining popularity, particularly in conservative parts of the country.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Investor Antonio Gracias at a town hall rally held by Elon Musk in Green Bay, Wis., on March 30. Gracias, who is part of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team, has been working at the Social Security Administration.

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  • Politics

How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives

A DOGE staffer working in the Social Security Administration has been pushing questionable claims about noncitizens voting — apparently using data that court records suggest DOGE shouldn't have.

April 14, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Jude Joffe-Block
A Social Security Administration office in Washington, DC, March 26. On Wednesday, the Social Security Administration backtracked on its announced plan to require in-person visits to offices.

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  • Economy

Trump administration changes course on in-person requirements for Social Security

After announcing social security recipients would be required to appear in-person at office locations, the Trump administration is now backtracking.

April 10, 2025
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
A closed entrance to the Social Security Administration headquarters sits empty in Woodlawn, Md., on March 20.

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  • Politics

New Social Security rules will create hurdles for millions of seniors, report finds

A new report from a left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that upcoming changes to Social Security will amount to a "45-mile trip for some 6 million seniors."

April 08, 2025
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
A Social Security Administration (SSA) office in Washington, D.C., is seen on March 26.

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  • Politics

Social Security officials partially walk back plans for in-person verification

Officials said they would now exempt people who apply for Medicare and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income help for the poor, from having to prove their identity in-person.

March 26, 2025
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing in Marine One on the South Lawn with President Trump on March 9 in Washington, DC.

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  • National

Former head of Social Security says Elon Musk and DOGE are wrong about the agency

Micheal Astrue, former commissioner of Social Security Administration under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, told NPR Elon Musk is wrong about Social Security and that there is no widespread fraud.

March 24, 2025
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By:
  • Michel Martin and
  • Destinee Adams
President Donald Trump gestures to U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts after his swearing-in ceremony in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20.

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  • Politics

Courts push back, wars heat up and 3 more takeaways from Trump's moves this week

Here are five takeaways from a week when President Trump moved ahead with deportations and sweeping changes to the federal government — and ran into obstacles in the courts.

March 21, 2025
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Social Security card designs over the past several decades are shown in this photo illustration taken in Toronto, Canada on January 7, 2017. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang/File Photo

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  • News

5 Georgia cities are losing Social Security offices

Offices listed as "terminated" on the Department of Government Efficiency's website include Brunswick, Columbus, Gainesville, Thomasville and Vidalia, Sen. Raphael Warnock said in a statement.

February 28, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Olivia and Liam were the most popular names for girls and boys in 2023, just as they have been in each of the last five years.

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  • Family

Liam and Olivia are still the most popular baby names in the U.S.—but Mateo is rising

Olivia and Liam are the most popular baby names in the U.S. for the fifth consecutive year, according to an annual tally by the Social Security Administration.

May 11, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Margaret Davis (left) and Delisa Williams (right) became acquainted when they moved into the Salvation Army Center of Hope shelter, just outside Charlotte, N.C. Both women receive federal benefits, but the monthly amounts aren't high enough for them to be able to rent an apartment.

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  • Health

High rents outpace federal disability payments, leaving many homeless

Supplemental Security Income, a federal program meant to be a financial floor for people unable to work, hasn't kept pace with inflation. Many recipients are homeless, unable to save for an apartment.

September 15, 2022
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By:
  • Fred Clasen-Kelly
A sign outside a U.S. Social Security Administration office in Mount Prospect, Ill., in October last year. Closed SSA offices across the country are being blamed for a 30 percent drop in applications for an aid program for the most vulnerable.

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  • National

Huge Drop In Federal Aid For The Poorest Is Blamed On Closed Social Security Offices

It's estimated that more than 120,000 low-income Americans have missed out on payments.

February 19, 2021
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel

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