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NEW YORK (AP) — As Americans fend off a late summer COVID-19 spike and prepare for a fresh vaccine rollout, Republicans are raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/theres-no-sign-of-widespread-covid-19-mandates-in-the-us-republicans-are-warning-of-them-anyway/">Read More</a>

As Americans fend off a late summer COVID-19 spike and prepare for a fresh vaccine rollout, Republicans are raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns and mask mandates are next.

Millions of Americans are denied benefits because the government determines they do not meet the criteria for being “disabled.”

The problem lasted for almost five years, during which the two Jieun Kims encountered major issues with their banks and the IRS

The Senate Finance Committee is preparing to launch a broad, bipartisan inquiry into the Social Security Administration’s watchdog division as lawmakers grow concerned that management failures are compromising its oversight mission.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk accused Democratic politicians of working coordinated attacks against him for political gain in a response tweet on Tuesday night.

A recent Government Accountability Office report says SSA is not doing enough to reach vulnerable populations.

Nearly 20% of field offices have had 40 or more customers in line on multiple days when the doors opened, according to data Social Security recently provided to Congress.

Six months after reopening its field offices to the public, the Social Security Administration is struggling to restore basic customer services and is assisting millions fewer of the poor, elderly and disabled people who sought its help before the coronavirus pandemic, federal data shows.

Pandemic closures caused awards for the poor and the disabled to plummet, but reopenings since April have not fully stemmed difficulties for those seeking help.