Michelle King, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, resigned this weekend after more than 30 years of service amid the row with DOGE.
Last week’s round of probationary employee firings hit workers in small Alaska communities hard. And some of the those dismissed say they’ve worked for agencies for decades, not months.
The top official’s departure is the latest in a wave of exits from senior officials whose agencies have come into the crosshairs of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.