‘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.
The court affirmed that only U.S. citizens can vote in elections in the state of New York. Noncitizen voting is unconstitutional in New York, the state’s high court ruled on March 20, striking down a New York City law that permitted noncitizens to vote in municipal elections. The New York Court of Appeals held in
‘The president has every right to criticize the decision,’ press secretary Karoline Leavitt said to reporters. President Donald Trump wants the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to help ease the U.S. economy’s tariff-driven transition. Trump has been largely silent about monetary policy for the last several weeks. After the central bank’s March policy meeting,
Rep. Jim Jordan said that hearings will be held on how to respond to orders issued by federal judges blocking the Trump administration in recent days. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said he is planning committee hearings on how to respond to federal judges’ decisions to block Trump administration directives, signaling there may be
Trump is slated to sign an executive order on the department on March 20. The U.S. Department of Education will continue handling Pell grants, student loans, and other “critical functions” even as other parts of the agency are eliminated or shifted elsewhere, the White House said on March 20. “The Department of Education will be