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Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano arrives at a House Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

SSA hasn’t marked living people as dead in database, commissioner says

Frank Bisignano responded to a whistleblower complaint about a DOGE-DHS plan to move living individuals to the Death Master File as an immigration enforcement strategy.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., talks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., before the start of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Oct. 19, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Democrats push SSA on reported DOGE plan to ‘kill off’ living individuals in database

Letters from Sens. Warren and Blumenthal follow a whistleblower complaint detailing an attempt to move 2.7 million people to the Death Master File as an immigration enforcement…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference on Social Security in front of the U.S. Capitol on May 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Democratic members of Congress spoke about how President Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts are impacting Social Security. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Lawsuit seeks release of SSA records on DOGE’s voter data agreement

Democracy Forward is suing the Social Security Administration over unfulfilled FOIA requests following a DOJ filing that revealed DOGE’s pact with a group looking for “evidence of…
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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 04: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) (R) and Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) preside over a hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senate Finance leaders press SSA on data practices following DOGE court filing  

The bipartisan letter marks the latest fallout from a stunning DOJ filing about DOGE’s handling of data at the Social Security Administration.
A protester holds a sign that reads: “This billionaire stole your social security number” during a protest at a Manhattan Tesla dealership to demonstrate against Tesla CEO Elon Musk. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

DOGE likely violated order on Social Security data, court filing shows

The DOJ revealed usage of a third-party server to share data, as well as DOGE communicating with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results” in states.
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