The new FBI director instructed personnel not to respond to Musk's demand to justify their job or face dismissal.

Musk speaks about his federal cost-cutting initiative, as Argentina's president hands him a "chainsaw of bureaucracy".

Cracks may already be showing in the Trump administration, with newly sworn-in FBI director Kash Patel sending an email to all his department’s employees instructing them to “pause any responses” they may have been working on following Elon Musk’s request that federal employees provide weekly summaries of their accomplishments or risk losing their jobs.

Newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel sent out correspondence to all departments he is in charge of, ordering them to "pause any responses" being formulated to billionaire Elon Musk's email in which he asks federal employees to justify their jobs.

Confusion and chaos loom as hundreds of thousands of federal employees begin their workweek facing a deadline from Elon Musk to explain their recent accomplishments or risk losing their jobs.

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk is demanding that federal employees justify their positions to him through email or lose their jobs. What Happened: Musk declared that federal employees who do not comply with this directive will be considered to have resigned.

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is announcing that he won’t seek reelection next year. Later Thursday, the Senate is expected to vote on whether to confirm Kash Patel, Trump's pick for FBI director.

Officials, including Trump's appointee to head the FBI, Kash Patel, are challenging the billionaire's authority over the federal workforce.

FBI Director Kash Patel has instructed bureau employees to disregard Elon Musk’s directive requiring federal workers to report their weekly accomplishments or risk termination. “The FBI, through the Office of the Director,

Among the first to advise against responding was Kash Patel, who was just sworn in as FBI director at the end of last week. By Sunday, a flurry of other

President Donald Trump said that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend. The Senate voted to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director,