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Exclusive: New strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the abrupt elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors, nurses and support staff, w/@MerylKornfield @hannah_natanson www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Exclusive: New strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the abrupt elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors, nurses and support staff, w/@MerylKornfield @hannah_natanson www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
NEW MUST READ: George Soros has used his billions to change how crime and punishment work in America. But what happens when you don't want his money? @bethreinhard explains for the latest story in the Post’s Billionaire Nation series: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How George Soros changed criminal justice in America
The liberal funder has spent tens of millions of dollars swinging dozens of district attorney races, drawing a backlash from the right.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW MUST READ: George Soros has used his billions to change how crime and punishment work in America. But what happens when you don't want his money? @bethreinhard explains for the latest story in the Post’s Billionaire Nation series: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Social Security also scrapped plans to FINALLY use a modern database of jobs that has cost taxpayers more than $350 million thus far. The agency uses jobs data to determine if a claimant can still work, but is using 30 -plus year old data right now -- and will keep using it
NEW SCOOP: Social Security admin abandons plan to keep elderly disabled from getting benefits w/MerylKornfield www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Social Security scraps plan to limit disability benefits after uproar
The policy would have fundamentally altered who qualifies for the two federal disability programs by eliminating or limiting a person’s age as a factor to consider.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Social Security also scrapped plans to FINALLY use a modern database of jobs that has cost taxpayers more than $350 million thus far. The agency uses jobs data to determine if a claimant can still work, but is using 30 -plus year old data right now -- and will keep using it
NEW SCOOP: Social Security admin abandons plan to keep elderly disabled from getting benefits w/MerylKornfield www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Social Security scraps plan to limit disability benefits after uproar
The policy would have fundamentally altered who qualifies for the two federal disability programs by eliminating or limiting a person’s age as a factor to consider.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
NEW SCOOP: Social Security admin abandons plan to keep elderly disabled from getting benefits w/MerylKornfield www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Read how @PostKranish solved the mystery of the doctored quotes in the Jefferson Memorial, which sought to portray him as an abolitionist even as he enslaved more than 600 people in his lifetime. It's part of our 7-part series on the paradox of Jefferson: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The secret history of how Jefferson’s words were doctored inside his memorial
Eight decades ago, a presidential commission guided by Jefferson’s great-great-grandson selectively edited the Founding Father’s words to present him as an abolitionist without mentioning he had ensla...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Read how @PostKranish solved the mystery of the doctored quotes in the Jefferson Memorial, which sought to portray him as an abolitionist even as he enslaved more than 600 people in his lifetime. It's part of our 7-part series on the paradox of Jefferson: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Of the 6 million veterans receiving disability payments last year, about 1.5 million were designated 100 percent disabled — a nearly ninefold increase since 2021. A whole industry has popped up around getting people to 100% by @caitlingilbert.bsky.social, @reinlwapo.bsky.social & Craig Whitlock:
The unregulated industry that coaches veterans to pile on benefits
The number of vets receiving 100 percent disability ratings has surged in recent years. For-profit firms, influencers and the VA play a large role in the trend.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Of the 6 million veterans receiving disability payments last year, about 1.5 million were designated 100 percent disabled — a nearly ninefold increase since 2021. A whole industry has popped up around getting people to 100% by @caitlingilbert.bsky.social, @reinlwapo.bsky.social & Craig Whitlock:
NEW: Sleep apnea is a treatable condition affecting million of Americans. VA refuses to adjust its disability payment apnea to keep up with modern medicine. w/Craig Whitlock and @caitlingilbert.bsky.social
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Why VA pays more in disability for sleep apnea than it does for some lost limbs
VA vowed to modernize its disability benefits system. As criticism from veterans and their advocates has mounted, efforts to move forward have stalled.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NEW: Sleep apnea is a treatable condition affecting million of Americans. VA refuses to adjust its disability payment apnea to keep up with modern medicine. w/Craig Whitlock and @caitlingilbert.bsky.social
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Here at @washingtonpost.com, we've been reporting and writing on the @deptvetaffairs.bsky.social disability system. We found that exaggerated claims are common. Here's our latest w/ Craig Whitlock, @caitlingilbert.bsky.social, @aaronschaffer.com:
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The unregulated industry that coaches veterans to pile on benefits
The number of vets receiving 100 percent disability ratings has surged in recent years. For-profit firms, influencers and the VA play a large role in the trend.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Here at @washingtonpost.com, we've been reporting and writing on the @deptvetaffairs.bsky.social disability system. We found that exaggerated claims are common. Here's our latest w/ Craig Whitlock, @caitlingilbert.bsky.social, @aaronschaffer.com:
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RIP @connolly.house.gov. You will be very missed.
May 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
RIP @connolly.house.gov. You will be very missed.
@socialsecurityworks.org , please clarify ASAP for all of the retirees and disabled folks out there
People keep asking me what the Social Security Admin's tweets on the new phone policy mean. The truth is, I don't know; no one does. This is why you don't make policy by tweet.
Millions of seniors are scared and confused. They need clear answers from SSA.
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Millions of seniors are scared and confused. They need clear answers from SSA.
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Backing Away A Bit From Chaos
Social Security Disability Retirement Supplemental Security Income SSI Social Security Administration POMS HALLEX SSDI Hall & Rouse Attorney
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April 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@socialsecurityworks.org , please clarify ASAP for all of the retirees and disabled folks out there
.@SocialSecurity nominee falsely claims no DOGE contacts, Democratic senator says. Frank Bisignano has had regular contact with Musk's cost-cutting effort, according to one Senate whistleblower and two others interviewed by The Post, by @FedGirlWaPo www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Social Security nominee falsely claims no DOGE contacts, Democratic senator says
Senators of both parties criticized customer service problems that have worsened under the Elon Musk cost-cutting effort at the agency.
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March 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
.@SocialSecurity nominee falsely claims no DOGE contacts, Democratic senator says. Frank Bisignano has had regular contact with Musk's cost-cutting effort, according to one Senate whistleblower and two others interviewed by The Post, by @FedGirlWaPo www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
DHS union-busting attempt sends message in and out of government via @JoeDavidsonWP
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Column | DHS union-busting attempt sends message in and out of government
The gutting of TSA’s agreement denies “the sanctity of contracts” and could lead to “real aggression” by private sector employers against their labor unions.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
DHS union-busting attempt sends message in and out of government via @JoeDavidsonWP
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Lot going on at @SocialSecurity, a place few thought would come under Musk’s hammer. But it is happening
Meanwhile SSA staff in turmoil due to firings, resignations & retirements report a system in dissolution — increased phone wait times, canceled disability hearings, morale "in toilet" — & warn benefits may stop. W/
@reinlwapo.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.
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March 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Lot going on at @SocialSecurity, a place few thought would come under Musk’s hammer. But it is happening
A lot of activity for an acting commissioner. Wonder how Frank Bisignano, Trump’s nominee for the permanent job , feels about an acting led by DOGE turning the agency upside before he gets there?
When we look back at this period of time, Leland Dudek will be the face of gutting social security.
Social Security Administration closes offices, cutting nearly 200 employees
The moves come after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, entered Social Security last week.
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February 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A lot of activity for an acting commissioner. Wonder how Frank Bisignano, Trump’s nominee for the permanent job , feels about an acting led by DOGE turning the agency upside before he gets there?
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When we look back at this period of time, Leland Dudek will be the face of gutting social security.
Social Security Administration closes offices, cutting nearly 200 employees
The moves come after the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, entered Social Security last week.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
When we look back at this period of time, Leland Dudek will be the face of gutting social security.
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Exclusive: Over the years, Elon Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.
Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
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February 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Exclusive: Over the years, Elon Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.
NEW: In Trump’s first month, a relentless effort to remake the presidency. In the initial stretch of his second term, Trump has pursued a different vision than virtually any of his 44 predecessors, by @NaftaliBendavid www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
In Trump’s first month, a relentless effort to remake the presidency
In the initial stretch of his second term, Trump has pursued a different vision than virtually any of his 44 predecessors.
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February 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
NEW: In Trump’s first month, a relentless effort to remake the presidency. In the initial stretch of his second term, Trump has pursued a different vision than virtually any of his 44 predecessors, by @NaftaliBendavid www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
NEW: As Musk reshapes the government, some ask: Where are the guardrails? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
As Musk reshapes the government, some ask: Where are the guardrails?
As Elon Musk upends the government, the White House has taken advantage of rules with weak enforcement and loopholes -- or simply declared it can outweigh other laws.
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February 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
NEW: As Musk reshapes the government, some ask: Where are the guardrails? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s urgent push to rewrite American history:
The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn he misrepresents and tells falsehoods about the country’s past, by @NaftaliBendavid
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The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn he misrepresents and tells falsehoods about the country’s past, by @NaftaliBendavid
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Trump’s urgent push to rewrite American history
The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn he misrepresents the country’s past.
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February 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump’s urgent push to rewrite American history:
The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn he misrepresents and tells falsehoods about the country’s past, by @NaftaliBendavid
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The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn he misrepresents and tells falsehoods about the country’s past, by @NaftaliBendavid
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Breaking news: The White House has removed two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development, the world’s largest provider of food assistance, after they refused to let representatives of Elon Musk access restricted spaces.
USAID security officials on leave after refusing access to Musk allies
Billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk has been denigrating USAID, which is the world’s largest provider of food assistance.
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February 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Breaking news: The White House has removed two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development, the world’s largest provider of food assistance, after they refused to let representatives of Elon Musk access restricted spaces.
NEW: How Trump is stretching the law to make the federal government more political, from paid leave to firings to removal of all job protections under the civil service law passed by Congress in 1978
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How Trump is stretching laws to make the federal government more political
The White House is exploiting, and sometimes outright ignoring, the arcane laws, rules and regulations that have long protected the civil service of 2.3 million from a political takeover.
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January 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NEW: How Trump is stretching the law to make the federal government more political, from paid leave to firings to removal of all job protections under the civil service law passed by Congress in 1978
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A majority of those ousted were watchdogs at big Cabinet agencies. And the majority are Trump appointees from his first term
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Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
The dismissals could clear the way for the president to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.
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January 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
A majority of those ousted were watchdogs at big Cabinet agencies. And the majority are Trump appointees from his first term
NEW: Hours after retaking power, Trump reinstates plan to strip protections from federal workers:
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Trump reinstates plan to strip protections from federal workers
President Donald Trump has reinstated a policy from his first term that could strip employment protections from tens of thousands of federal workers.
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January 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
NEW: Hours after retaking power, Trump reinstates plan to strip protections from federal workers:
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A fight for control of vast swaths of public lands looms. States like Utah, leading the charge, say they would be better managers of that terrain, and they expect the next Trump administration to agree. @karinbrulliard on what's at stake. wapo.st/42lINIm
Land grab or land rights? Utah eyes millions of acres of public terrain.
At stake is control of public lands in Western states, and conservationists fear increased efforts to roll back protections under the next Trump administration.
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January 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A fight for control of vast swaths of public lands looms. States like Utah, leading the charge, say they would be better managers of that terrain, and they expect the next Trump administration to agree. @karinbrulliard on what's at stake. wapo.st/42lINIm
Trump Org. issues ethics plan for second term. Critics say it’s not enough, via @marianne_levine www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump Org. issues ethics plan for second term. Critics say it’s not enough.
The Trump Organization announced Friday that the company will not enter into new agreements with foreign governments while Donald Trump is in office.
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January 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Trump Org. issues ethics plan for second term. Critics say it’s not enough, via @marianne_levine www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...