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DOGE Issues Update on 'Major Cleanup' of Social Security

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The Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ) is updating death records at the Social Security Administration .

The number of people with no confirmed confirmation of death has risen from 3.2 million on March 18 , to just over 7 million a week later .

Musk, who is leading President Donald Trump 's ongoing cuts to federal spending, in February said millions of people well above the age of 100 could be collecting Social Security benefits.