Donald Trump said he would "love and cherish" Medicaid. He's endorsed a House GOP proposal that would likely gut the program.

Billionaire Elon Musk has said there is widespread fraud taking place in the payment of "federal entitlements" like Social Security. Social Security benefits are paid to more than 70 million Americans on a monthly basis, and help form the bedrock of income for many retirees, survivors of deceased claimants and disabled people.

Elon Musk has said that Social Security benefits could increase as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues its investigations into the Social Security Administration (SSA).

The president and his allies are already laying the groundwork to renege on promises not to cut Medicare or Social Security.

It is dubious that Elon Musk and his team have uncovered serious fraud at the Social Security Administration, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Justin Fox writes.

Elon Musk has used his platform to spread false claims about Social Security, potentially leading to the theft of earned benefits, while President Trump is giving him the power to do so.

Fourteen states led by New Mexico sued the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, on Thursday challenging the alleged “unlawful delegation of executive power to Elon Musk” they say has unraveled federal agencies and “caused widespread disruption”—as criticism of Elon Musk’s increasingly powerful agency builds.

Minnesota U.S. Sen. Tina Smith traded barbs with Elon Musk on social media over the weekend in response to an order for all federal workers to report what they got done last week. Musk, who serves as the department’s chief,

The courts may block efforts by Elon Musk and DOGE to access Treasury's payment system. A huge trove of private data is at the center of the fight.