‘Blatant misinformation’: Social Security Administration email praising Trump’s tax bill blasted as a ‘lie’

<p>Previously apolitical Social Security Administration lauded Trump’s debt-expanding bill after its passage</p><p>An email sent by the US Social Security Administration (SSA) that claims <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s major new spending bill has eliminated taxes on benefits for most recipients is misleading, critics have said.</p><p>The reconciliation bill – which the president called the “one big, beautiful bill” before signing it on Friday after Republicans in Congress passed it – includes provisions that will strip people of their health insurance, cut food assistance for the poor, kill off clean energy development and raise the national debt by trillions of dollars.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/social-security-administration-email-trump-tax-bill">Continue reading...</a>