Clash With Musk’s DOGE Sees Social Security Officials Exit (1)

The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration and her top deputy have left following a confrontation with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team over access to data on 70 million beneficiaries, according to people familiar with the moves.

The departures of acting head Michelle King and acting deputy commissioner Tiffany Flick represent the latest fallout from DOGE’s efforts to access millions of Americans’ sensitive data. Musk has defended his group’s actions as necessary to root out what he says is waste, fraud and abuse.

King refused to allow DOGE personnel to view the sensitive information and so ...