The Best of the Week’s News

• “I don’t want the system to collapse,” says acting Social Security Administrator as DOGE rampages through the system. (ProPublica, NYer)
   

• Can the Trump administration empty your bank account? (Notes on the Crises)
   

• Faceless no more: Administrative judge Karen Ortiz stands up to DOGE (AP)
   

• Why Ruth Marcus left the Washington Post (NYer)
   

• The Army Corps of Engineers knew Trump’s directive to empty California reservoirs would waste water and endanger residents. (WaPo)