Elon Musk's organization has been monkeying with America's retirement system, with no positive results so far.

Technical difficulties. Hours on hold. Long drives to field offices. Those are among the frustrating, time-consuming, anxiety-inducing problems Social Security recipients recently reported to the Chronicle after we wrote about changes in the program’s identity verification requirements under the Trump administration President Donald Trump and close adviser Elon Musk claim the Social Security Administration is rife with fraud and waste.

New Social Security Administration reforms under DOGE are unlawful and harmful to vulnerable beneficiaries who rely on the program, a new lawsuit alleges.