The head of the Social Security Administration is backing down on his threat to shut down the agency after the White House intervened. On Friday, Interim SSA Comissioner Lee Dudek threatened to close the agency over a judge’s ruling barring Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing personal data for millions of Americans—including Social Security numbers,

The Social Security Administration administers benefits for tens of millions of older Americans and people with disabilities. Since taking office in January, Trump has vowed to reduce the size of government,

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a long-anticipated executive order on Thursday that aims to shut down the Department of Education, acting on a key campaign pledge, according to a White House summary seen by Reuters.

It comes after Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to begin "eliminating" the Department of Education.