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Arthur Delaney is here. I'm a senior political journalist at Huffpost. I've covered politics, economy and Congress here for 16 years.

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When we have a main story we get a big response and I often ask readers to send prompts or share their own stories, which allows me to include the voice of ordinary people Stories about changes in government policies.

Currently, we see some readers’ interest in social security, with President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk being threatened (talk about the weird rich). Trump promised that he would never touch Social Security, but he and Musk had been wrongly claiming the program was full of fraud.

I covered the first Trump administration Efforts to cut social security disability benefits;Now, Trump and Musk are trying to remove the Social Security Agency with other federal agencies. We've seen something else: Weaponization of one of America's most popular programs

Maine Democratic Governor Janet Mills stands up at the White House, Social Security Bureau Cancelled important record contract With the help of the state, it prompted its health department to tell newborn parents that they will no longer be able to check a box in the hospital, requiring a social security number for the baby.

In the commotion, the contract was quickly restored, but we did not let it go. In a news call about the phone cuts program, I asked the acting director of Social Security if he had some kind of beef with Mills because he didn't respect Trump – He admits he did. A Democratic lawmaker immediately Ask him to resign. Only Huffpost has this story.

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