The Department of Government Efficiency is taking aim at agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration, as the administration argues in court that Elon Musk is not the administrator of the newly-formed entity despite public comments from Trump to the contrary.
Leland Dudek, a mid-level career employee at the Social Security Administration, posted on LinkedIn that he was placed on administrative leave for cooperating with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and asked for help finding another job.
Michelle King, the top official at the Social Security Administration, left her position this weekend after she refused a request from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive government records at the agency,
The IRS is fighting to keep Elon Musk and his merry men access to the sensitive personal data of American taxpayers. Meanwhile, the acting head of the Social Security Administration has stepped down in the face of further overreach by Musk.
As his government "efficiency" initiative destabilizes Americans' federal benefits, Musk is benefiting mightily from the government.
The Trump administration is moving toward its largest round of federal government layoffs yet, according to multiple outlets, with agencies directed to submit layoff plans by March 13—the latest federal downsizing development spearheaded by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says it is closing a Social Security Administration office in Michigan as part of ongoing cuts in the federal government. The agency -- headed up by Elon Musk -- posted the cut on the DOGE website this week.
Musk first made the claims that benefits are being claimed by people who appear to have died long ago while speaking from the Oval Office with President Trump last week. He said that DOGE has performed a "cursory examination of Social Security, and we got people in there that are 150 years old."
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