Trump said last week his administration would proceed with plans to designate tens of thousands of federal workers as "at will" employees involved in policy decisions, stripping them of civil service protections.

It's not always the case that working while collecting Social Security benefits results in a bigger benefit. At least not right away. That's due to a rule called the Social Security earnings test.

Trump recently made another change in that vein that takes effect in a few months, and it could make getting Social Security checks more complicated for more than 485,000 Americans.