The Social Security Administration has sent a misleading email to beneficiaries stating President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cuts and spending law eliminates taxes on Social Security benefits for most recipients.

The Social Security Administration sent a misleading email to beneficiaries stating that Trump’s new law eliminates taxes on Social Security benefits for most recipients. Former SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley joins The Weeknight to set the record straight on what the law really does – and doesn’t do.

In a landscape of financial pressures and sustainability debates, Social Security beneficiaries in the United States face a significant challenge: cuts resulting from overpayments. Starting July 24, millions of Americans will see their Social Security checks reduced.

A new move by the Social Security Administration (SSA) threatens to exacerbate social inequality in the United States by slashing monthly payments for millions of beneficiaries, effective July 24, as part of a strategy to recoup overpayments made in error.

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Starting late July 2025, some Social Security recipients will see their checks cut in half as the SSA claws back billions in overpayments.

The agency, which serves 73 million beneficiaries, has struggled to improve customer service amid cutbacks, long wait times and a crashing website.

A ruling from the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the administration of President Donald Trump to proceed with plans for mass layoffs of federal workers. The plans had been held up thanks to a lower court order blocking the effort. The Supreme Court overruled that order, clearing the way for Trump’s plans to move forward.