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Many Americans received an email from the Social Security Administration applauding the megabill's passage. Experts say it was misleading.
During his campaign, Trump promised to eliminate federal taxes on Social Security benefits. While that measure was cut from the final bill, the majority of seniors are still set to receive a tax break.
The Social Security Administration this week sent out an email to many Americans celebrating the passage of President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill, and touting the measure’s tax relief for seniors, in a move that analysts said strayed from the agency’s typically apolitical nature.
The Social Security Administration sent a misleading email to beneficiaries stating that Trump’s new law eliminates taxes on Social Security benefits for most recipients. Former SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley joins The Weeknight to set the record straight on what the law really does – and doesn’t do.
Trump proposed that Congress provide $11.3 billion for ICE, an increase over its current $10 billion. The FBI’s budget request is $10.1 billion; a reduction of $545 million and of at least 1,500 positions, including about 700 that are vacant, according to a June Justice Department budget and performance summary .