Hannah Natanson

Washington, D.C.

Reporter at The Washington Post

Reporter for The Washington Post covering national K-12 education.

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When government thinks you’re dead, it upends lives. DOGE may make it worse.

1 day ago | washingtonpost.com | Meryl Kornfield |Lisa Rein |Hannah Natanson

When government thinks you’re dead, it upends lives. DOGE may make it worse. (washingtonpost.com) When government thinks you’re dead, it upends lives. DOGE may make it worse. By Meryl Kornfield; Lisa Rein; Hannah Natanson 2025042309000300 When Richard VanMetter tried to buy a sandwich, he didn't realize he was dead.
Immigrants Prove They Are Alive, Forcing Social Security To Undo Death Label

5 days ago | southfloridareporter.com | Hannah Natanson |Lisa Rein |Meryl Kornfield

Immigrants falsely labeled dead by the Social Security Administration are showing up at field offices with documents proving they are alive, leading staff to reinstate nearly three dozen people over the past week, according to records obtained by The Washington Post. The immigrants who have requested a reversal and been reinstated in Social Security databases include a Haitian asylum seeker and a child, the records show.
Immigrants prove they are alive, forcing Social Security to undo death label

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Hannah Natanson |Lisa Rein |Meryl Kornfield

Immigrants prove they are alive, forcing Social Security to undo death label (washingtonpost.com) Immigrants prove they are alive, forcing Social Security to undo death label By Hannah Natanson; Lisa Rein; Meryl Kornfield 2025041816431700 Immigrants falsely labeled dead by the Social Security Administration are showing up at field offices with documents proving they are alive, leading staff to reinstate nearly three dozen people over the past week, according to records obtained by The...
DOGE Begins To Freeze Health-Care Payments For Extra Review

6 days ago | southfloridareporter.com | Dan Diamond |Carolyn Johnson |Hannah Natanson

The U.S. DOGE Service is putting new curbs on billions of dollars in federal health-care grants, requiring government officials to manually review and approve previously routine payments - and paralyzing grant awards to tens of thousands of organizations, according to 12 people familiar with the new arrangements.
DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review

6 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Dan Diamond |Carolyn Johnson |Hannah Natanson

DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review (washingtonpost.com) DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review By Dan Diamond; Carolyn Y.
ICE, DOGE Seek Sensitive Medicare Data As Immigration Crackdown Intensifies

1 week ago | southfloridareporter.com | Hannah Natanson |Rachel Roubein |Dan Diamond

Trump immigration officials and the U.S. DOGE Service are seeking to use a sensitive Medicare database as part of their crackdown onundocumented immigrants, according to a person familiar with the matter and records obtained by The Washington Post.
ICE, DOGE seek sensitive Medicare data as immigration crackdown intensifies

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Hannah Natanson |Rachel Roubein |Dan Diamond

ICE, DOGE seek sensitive Medicare data as immigration crackdown intensifies (washingtonpost.com) ICE, DOGE seek sensitive Medicare data as immigration crackdown intensifies By Hannah Natanson; Rachel Roubein; Dan Diamond 2025041622581600 Trump immigration officials and the U.S. DOGE Service are seeking to use a sensitive Medicare database as part of their crackdown on undocumented immigrants, according to a person familiar with the matter and records obtained by The Washington Post. The...
DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs

1 week ago | newsindiatimes.com | Rachel Siegel |Hannah Natanson |Laura Meckler |Ela Dutt
Inside DOGE's Push To Defy A Court Order And Access Social Security Data

1 week ago | southfloridareporter.com | Hannah Natanson |Lisa Rein

Representatives of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service have sought for weeks to get around a court order barring their access to sensitive data and internal systems at the Social Security Administration, prompting career staff to repeatedly resist their efforts, according to a half dozen people familiar with the DOGE team's actions and records obtained by The Washington Post.
DOGE Is Collecting Federal Data To Remove Immigrants From Housing, Jobs

1 week ago | southfloridareporter.com | Rachel Siegel |Hannah Natanson |Laura Meckler

The Trump administration is using personal data normally protected from dissemination to find undocumented immigrants where they work, study and live, often with the goal of removing them from their housing and the workforce.