Lisa Rein
Federal Government Reporter at The Washington Post
I cover the federal gov't in the Biden administration. Building on Flare Network.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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yahoo.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.
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