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Musk’s OPM email: Midnight deadline nears amid widespread confusion

The deadline given to federal employees by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Elon Musk over the weekend is quickly approaching, but widespread confusion remains as agencies tell workers ...

The Hill - 12h

Federal employees suing Elon Musk over tasks email

Federal employees are suing Elon Musk after receiving an email that the Trump ally touted on social media. The lawsuit surrounds an email demanding a list of tasks done throughout the week or risk ...

CBS News - 11h

Trump calls DOGE email on federal employees' work week an 'ingenious idea'

President Trump praised an email sent by DOGE to federal workers asking them to respond with their accomplishments at their position in the last week.

NBC News - 11h

Senior Justice Department staff tell employees to disregard email promoted by Musk

Elon Musk posted Saturday on his social media site that failure to reply to the email would be taken as a resignation.

CBS News - 10h

Musk's email ultimatum leads to mixed messages: From the Politics Desk

Federal employees started another work week receiving mixed messages from the top after Elon Musk's weekend email ultimatum.

NBC News - 7h

OPM now says email survey to federal workforce is ‘voluntary’

NBC News Correspondents Vaughn Hillyard and Ken Dilanian explain the latest actions by Elon Musk’s DOGE commission as the Trump administration continues to reshape the federal workforce. NBC News ...

NBC News - 8h

Some federal agencies tell workers to ignore Musk email

An email from the Office of Personnel Management prompted by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency asks federal employees to justify what they do. Some agencies like the Pentagon and ...

CBS News - 5h

Morale is "abysmal" after Elon Musk's email ultimatum, federal worker says

The office that asked federal workers to document five things they accomplished over the past week told executive branch officials on Monday that individual agencies can decide how to respond, ...

CBS News - 4h

Senate Republicans criticize Musk over email to government employees

Senate Republicans on Monday criticized Elon Musk’s directive for federal government employees to lose their jobs if they did not send in a bullet-pointed summary of what they did last week at ...

The Hill - 5h

Musk says failure to respond a second time to email will end in termination

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said federal employees will get a second chance to respond to an email asking for a recap of their last week’s accomplishments — or else face termination. “Subject to the ...

The Hill - 4h

US personnel office walks back email ultimatum from Musk to workers

OPM says failure to respond to email will not be considered resignation but Trump ally digs in and threatens job losses. The US government’s human resources office has walked back an ultimatum ...

The Guardian - 3h

Trump Administration, Breaking With Musk’s Directive, Says Replying to His Email Is Voluntary

The response to Elon Musk’s “What did you do last week?” email to federal employees suggests that there may be limits to how far he can push the government’s work force.

The New York Times - 1h

Together AI’s $305M bet: Reasoning models like DeepSeek-R1 are increasing, not decreasing, GPU demand

The demands of DeepSeek's advanced reasoning capabilities are pushing enterprises toward Together AI's optimized infrastructure platform.

VentureBeat - 4d

Zelenskyy says he would ‘quit for peace’ as he refuses US demand for Ukraine minerals

Ukrainian president says US military aid was a ‘grant’ rather than a debt but adds that he wants Trump to be ‘on our side’. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is not willing to cave in to intense US ...

The Guardian - 1d

Trump administration briefing: Zelenskyy rejects US minerals demand; bomb threat sent to anti-Trump conference

From a fight over a $500bn minerals deal to Trump ‘surrendering to the Russians’ – here are the key US politics stories from Sunday at a glance. As Ukraine prepared to mark the third anniversary of ...

The Guardian - 1d

This 1 Small Change to Every Email Is the ‘Most Effective Thing You Can Do’ Says Communications Expert

‘Language mimicry’ can lead people to trust you, says Ping author Andrew Brodsky.

Inc. - 4d

Elon Musk Threatens FBI Agents and Air Traffic Controllers With Forced Resignation if They Don't Respond to an Email

Employees throughout the federal government have until 11:59 pm ET Monday to detail five things they accomplished in the last week.

Wired - 2d

Elon Musk’s Email Ultimatum For Federal Employees Is The 1 Thing No Leader Should Ever Do

Musk says employees will lose their jobs if they don’t explain what they do.

Inc. - 1d

Key US agencies tell staff not to answer Musk email on what they did last week

Some departments encouraged staff to respond, while others requested employees wait for further guidance.

BBC News - 1d

Trump calls Elon Musk's email ultimatum 'genius' as federal workers and some agencies push back

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday embraced Elon Musk's ultimatum demanding that federal workers report what they had accomplished last week or lose their jobs, a directive facing ...

NBC News - 12h

DOGE’s ‘What Did You Do Last Week?’ Email Gets Pushback From Trump-Appointed Officials

The weekend demand that federal employees justify their jobs — or lose them by refusing to reply — increased resistance to DOGE among Trump supporters.

Inc. - 10h

Live updates: Trump, Macron talk Russia-Ukraine war; Musk email reply now voluntary

President Trump appeared alongside French President Emmanuel Macron for a press conference Monday afternoon at the White House, after meeting on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of ...

The Hill - 8h

Federal agencies can ignore "What did you do last week?" email, officials say

The office that asked federal workers to document five things they accomplished over the past week told officials that agencies can decide how to respond.