Elon Musk sees dead people – a lot of them. The White House’s billionaire cost-cutter-in-chief claims to have uncovered “the biggest fraud in history,” inside the Social Security Administration, after finding 20 million people over 100 years old in its files.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is under instruction to slash its staff by 50 percent, according to media reports. Newsweek reached out to the agency via online form for comment. After his 2024 presidential election victory and subsequent inauguration,

The Trump administration has put an "anti-fraud expert" in charge of Social Security, long a politically untouchable entitlement program.

Social Security Administration Acting Commissioner Michelle King has stepped down from her role at the agency, a Trump administration official confirmed to CBS News. King was replaced by Leland Dudek, who oversaw the SSA fraud investigation office, and then she resigned, according to the official.

the White House spokesperson, referred back to the Social Security’s inspector general report. “A previous investigation revealed the SSA paid at least $71.8 billion in improper payments,” she said. “The Social Security Administration is now ...

Paul Ingrassia, the Trump administration’s liaison to DHS, co-hosted a right-wing podcast and echoed extreme election denial rhetoric.