The head of DOGE told Fox Business that $500 billion to $700 billion in waste needed be cut from federal benefit programs.

Elon Musk highlighted “entitlements spending”—which includes Social Security and Medicare—as one of his prime targets for massive cuts in an interview with Fox Business Network on Monday. “Most of the federal spending is entitlements,

The SSA last week announced it would cut 7,000 of its 60,000 jobs plus close field offices and reduce regional offices as part of President Donald J. Trump’s mandate to reduce government waste and costs via the newly-named Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE) initiatives.

Across-the-board cuts at the Social Security Administration are prompting questions about how the benefits of millions of recipients may be affected.

The world’s richest man claims, without evidence, that there’s $700 billion in “waste and fraud” he can cut from America’s core safety net programs

This article delves into the proposed cuts by DOGE and analyzes how they could affect American seniors' upcoming Social Security payments.​

Elon Musk says Social Security and other federal benefit programs will be targeted in his hunt for fraudulent spending.

Is Elon Musk eyeing Social Security and benefit programmes for cuts in US President Donald Trump's latest DOGE push? "Most of the federal spending is entitlements," Musk said in the latest interview.

In an interview with Larry Kudlow, Elon Musk claimed that fraud in Social Security and other major programs was “the big one to eliminate.”

Elon Musk on Monday in an interview with Fox Business Network's Larry Kudlow referred to federal spending on programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as areas that need to be eliminated.

Billionaire presidential adviser Elon Musk called entitlement spending — including Social Security and Medicare — a key target for cuts, arguing the federal programs are plagued by fraud.