Multiple U.S. agencies have instructed employees not to respond to Elon Musk’s demand to list their accomplishments or face termination, as the Trump administration continues its aggressive campaign to cut the federal workforce.
Elon Musk's push to streamline the federal government has sparked turmoil, as multiple U.S. agencies told employees not to respond to his directive to list their accomplishments or face termination. Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency, described the directive as a “very basic pulse check,” posting on social media:
“EXTREMELY troubling that some parts of government think this is TOO MUCH!! What is wrong with them??”
Federal agencies, including the FBI and State Department, instructed staff not to respond without proper authorization, highlighting growing tension within the Trump administration’s aggressive push to cut the federal workforce.
Musk’s campaign has already led to more than 20,000 layoffs, with an additional 75,000 offered buyouts. The chaotic pace has affected critical functions such as managing the nation’s nuclear arsenal and responding to the bird flu outbreak.
The largest federal workers’ union questioned Musk’s authority to fire employees and called for the directive to be rescinded. Meanwhile, some officials, including Republican Senator John Curtis, supported cost-cutting efforts but urged a more compassionate approach, saying, "These are real people. These are real lives.”
Amidst the backlash, former Governor Chris Christie called Musk’s directive a "complete overstep" likely to face legal defeat. Despite the chaos, some officials remain supportive of Musk’s drive for government efficiency.
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has deployed one of its largest ballistic missiles at a newly unveiled underground base on Wednesday (3 February), just two days ahead of mediated nuclear talks with the United States in Muscat, Oman.
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Storm Leonardo has swept across the Iberian Peninsula, causing widespread flooding, landslides and transport disruption in Portugal and Spain, leaving at least one person dead and forcing thousands to evacuate as authorities issued urgent warnings.
Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes killed 24 Palestinians including seven children in Gaza on Wednesday (4 February), health officials said, the latest violence to undermine the nearly four-month-old ceasefire.
An attacker opened fire at the gates of a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Islamabad on Friday before detonating a suicide bomb that killed at least 31 people in the deadliest assault of its kind in the capital in more than ten years.
U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators have discussed an ambitious goal of reaching a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine by March, though the timeline is widely viewed as unrealistic due to deep disagreements over territory, according to multiple sources familiar with the talks.
At least 31 killed, scores wounded in suicide attack on religious site in Islamabad.
Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Rodolphe Haykal met with senior U.S. officials in Washington, D.C., this week to discuss strengthening military and security cooperation, regional developments and the challenges facing Lebanon, the Lebanese army said on Friday.
Storm Leonardo has swept across the Iberian Peninsula, causing widespread flooding, landslides and transport disruption in Portugal and Spain, leaving at least one person dead and forcing thousands to evacuate as authorities issued urgent warnings.
Escalating clashes in South Kivu’s highlands are sending a rising flow of wounded to Fizi’s small general hospital, where staff warn they are running out of space and supplies as the conflict expands across remote areas.
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