'Cover up': Social Security head accused of 'hiding' crisis after 7K job cuts

As the administration pushes to cut 7,000 jobs held by federal employees at the Social Security Administration, the agency that oversees the crucial anti-poverty program for senior citizens and people with disabilities has made numerous to disguise the customer service crisis that the cuts have caused—and Democrats on Monday demanded answers about what one progressive lawmaker recently as a "cover up" to hide long wait times. U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) led 18 Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee in writing to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano,...