Officials said they would now exempt people who apply for Medicare and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income help for the poor, from having to prove their identity in-person.

A new Social Security policy that requires in-person identity checks for millions of new and existing beneficiaries will delayed by two weeks, the agency said.

Elon Musk and members of DOGE claimed their work would put more money in the hands of Social Security recipients. During an exclusive interview with "Special Report with Bret Baier," DOGE and Musk claimed rampant fraud in the SSA will render America insolvent.

Wired is reporting that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is launching a major effort to completely rebuild the codebase used by the Social Security Administration in a matter of mere months.