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

Previously apolitical agency lauds Trump's spending bill with false statements about federal taxes, experts say

An email sent by the US Social Security Administration (SSA) that claims Donald Trump's major new spending bill has eliminated taxes on benefits for most recipients is misleading, critics have said.

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.