The pushback from appointees of President Donald Trump marked a new level of chaos and confusion within the beleaguered federal workforce
Employees throughout the federal government have until 11:59 pm ET Monday to detail five things they accomplished in the last week.
Key federal agencies are defying Musk's order for weekly employee reports as part of his cost-cutting measures.
FBI Chiefs have told employees to ignore Elon Musk’s ultimatum as thousands of members of staff could be forced to resign within hours. FBI director Kash Patel has told his staff members not to respond to an email sent out by Elon Musk,
Pentagon leadership instructed employees to “pause” any response to Musk’s team, according to an email from Jules Hurst, the deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.
DOGE co-lead Elon Musk demanded federal employees comply with a demand within 48 hours earlier this week, or risk being let go.
Musk caused alarm among federal employees over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work.