Elon Musk wants federal employees to recount what they ‘accomplished’ in the last week or face termination. A mass email with the subject line ‘What did you do last week?’ was sent to the workers over the weekend,

President Donald Trump called the threatening email “genius,” but some federal agencies have instructed employees not to respond.

Twenty-one federal tech employees resigned in protest of Elon Musk's DOGE, saying they won't use their skills to "dismantle critical public services."

Fired and furloughed federal workers and contractors, and other opponents of recent cuts, visited senators' offices to ask them to rein in Elon Musk and the U.S. DOGE Service.

The White House, eager to present the email demand as part of its coordinated attempt to dramatically scale down the size of the federal government, made that announcement at Tues

Musk went on to say, "Subject to the discretion of the president, they will be given another chance. Failure to respond a second time will result in termination." The White House

The turmoil that enveloped the federal workforce over the last few days is unlikely to cease anytime soon as the U.S. government’s human resources agency considers how to fulfill Elon Musk ’s demands.

A defiant threat by Elon Musk warning that federal employees will be given "a second chance" to respond to his email asking them to justify their jobs or risk termination is likely to spark another round of confusion across the U.