The Social Security Administration has been instructed to reduce its staff by half as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to pursue widespread cuts across the federal government, according to multiple media reports.

But Sen. Linda-Coleman Madison, D-Birmingham, said the negative impact of these cuts goes far beyond Social Security office services. “This is going to have a huge impact on our local economy and Alabama’s workforce,” she said. “Alabama has taken pride in reducing our unemployment rates; seems like our president is reversing this trend.”

U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday aimed at implementing the Department of Government Efficiency's cost-cutting drive, the White House said. The order will transform federal spending on contracts,

Congress would have to change benefits, but cost cuts are starting to ripple through the Social Security Administration. What to know.

In his latest break with tradition, President Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting of his second administration featured the unappointed, unvetted billionaire Elon Musk.