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.

The Senate voted 48-45 on Tuesday evening to advance Kash Patel's nomination to serve as FBI director. Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing,

The F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and others told employees not to respond to a directive from Mr. Musk to summarize their accomplishments.

Elon Musk's DOGE appears to have missed another deadline to provide updates on its "savings" efforts across the U.S. government. Last week, DOGE initially promised to update its new website with figures by Valentine’s Day.

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.

Even Trump loyalists like FBI director Kash Patel are instructing staff to ignore the ‘what have you done’ messages Elon Musk sent to all federal employees over the weekend.

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