National Politics Support Local News. We've been with you throughout the pandemic, the vaccinations and the reopening of schools, businesses and communities. There's never been more of a need for the kind of local, independent and unbiased journalism that The Day produces. Please support our work by subscribing today. Biden fires head of Social Security Administration, a Trump holdover In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, the Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of Andrew Saul to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, July 9, 2021, President Joe Biden fired Saul after Saul refused to resign, and accepted the deputy commissioner's resignation, the White House said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)