The SSA previously identified more than $800 million in cost savings for fiscal year 2025. The Social Security Administration (SSA) on March 19 announced a plan to reduce costs and enhance security measures following stakeholder feedback and a recent audit by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The SSA said in a statement that a “phased
The administration will soon sign a rare earth mineral deal with Ukraine, the president said. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 20 to boost the mining and production of critical minerals in the United States, including uranium, copper, potash, and gold. The order gives each federal department head involved in permitting U.S.
It’s the first time the United States has sanctioned what is called a ’teapot refinery,’ which mainly buys oil from Iran. The Trump administration announced on March 20 that it has sanctioned entities it says are tied to the petroleum trade between Iran and China. The Department of State sanctioned an oil facility in China,
‘America’s student visa system has become a Trojan horse for Beijing,’ the committee chairman warned. The House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) asked six leading universities Wednesday for detailed information on Chinese students enrolled in their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs. Committee chairman Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) penned the letter, addressed
‘The DOGE Team is essentially engaged in a fishing expedition at SSA, in search of a fraud epidemic,’ the judge wrote. A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), fronted by Elon Musk, from personal Social Security Administration (SSA) information, delivering another judicial setback for the Trump administration. In a
The agency recently said that some customer service requests will need to be handled in-person. Two prominent interest groups representing some retired Americans called on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to reverse a recent decision that requires some customer service requests to be handled in person rather than remotely. Earlier this week, acting Social Security
Beijing intervenes the sale of the rights to operate the two parts of the Panama Canal, but there’s not much it can do, an expert says. News Analysis Beijing is meddling in a pending sale of port rights from a Hongkonger-owned company to a U.S. business consortium led by BlackRock, according to a China expert.