Tara Siegel Bernard

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Alexandra Berzon |Hamed Aleaziz |Nicholas Nehamas |Ryan Mac |Tara Siegel Bernard

ICE collects as much information as possible to target, surveil and detain undocumented immigrants, although addresses in their records can sometimes be outdated. Mr. Dudek gave permission to DOGE engineers and ICE leaders to use his agency's data for law enforcement, the documents show. Michael Russo, the Social Security Administration's then-chief information officer and a member of Mr. Musk's team, also asked for the information to be sent to D.H.S. urgently.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Tara Siegel Bernard

After backlash from beneficiary advocates and lawmakers, who pointed out that phone restrictions would route more people to field offices as their staff levels were being cut, the phone restrictions were partly rolled back. Less than two weeks after the change was announced, the agency said it would allow people to use the phone to file for disability, Supplemental Security Income and Medicare.

2 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Jack Healy |Alexandra Berzon |Tara Siegel Bernard

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The line started forming outside the Social Security office in suburban Glendale, Arizona, not long after sunrise, dozens of retirees and people with disabilities, shuffling papers, some leaning on walkers, all anxious to know whether President Donald Trump’s government overhaul had put their safety nets at risk. When 9 a.m. came, an employee emerged from the building with flyers asking the crowd to come back — once they had scheduled an appointment.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jack Healy |Alexandra Berzon |Tara Siegel Bernard |Nicholas Nehamas

President Trump promised not to touch Social Security, but as Elon Musk's team trims staff and plans cuts to phone services, the system is groaning under the pressure. The line started forming outside the Social Security office in suburban Glendale, Ariz., not long after sunrise, dozens of retirees and people with disabilities, shuffling papers, some leaning on walkers, all anxious to know whether President Trump's government overhaul had put their safety nets at risk.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tara Siegel Bernard

Deep staff reductions. New policies. Spreading misinformation. Since President Trump has taken office, the agency that provides benefits to 73 million Americans each month has been in tumult. Credit...