The US government agency that provides benefits to tens of millions of older Americans on Friday announced plans to cut 7,000 workers as part of the Trump administration’s plan to slash the size of the federal workforce.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is notifying employees of “significant workforce reductions” on the way as it prepares for what it describes as an “agency-wide organizational

Democrats accused the Trump administration of "putting Social Security benefits at risk by firing the staff who help beneficiaries."