Unpacking Elon Musk’s claims about Social Security

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  Good morning.

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  It's Wednesday, February 19th.

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  I'm Shemitah Basu.

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  This is Apple News today.

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  On today's show, the debate over the future of fema.

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  How Trump's freeze on foreign aid hurts efforts to fight fentanyl trafficking from Mexico,

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  and how everyone survived that upside down plane crash in Toronto.

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  But first to the Social Security Administration,

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  where the acting commissioner resigned over the weekend

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  after members of Elon Musk's government efficiency team requested access

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  to the agency's internal data.

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  That includes things like employment information, financial data and medical records.

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  Jacob Bogage, the Washington Post's congressional economic correspondent,

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  told us who has been tapped to step in and temporarily lead the agency.

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  Leland Dudik, who managed Social Security's anti fraud office.

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  By all accounts,

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  Leland Dudyk was very qualified to do what he did in anti fraud protection and Social Security.

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  But I've talked to folks in

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  and around Social Security leadership about him and their first question was,

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  who are you talking to me about?

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