The agency now says responding is voluntary, while Trump said anyone who didn’t reply would be at least “sort of semi-fired.”

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

"This is particularly true if Russia assesses that the US cannot or will not support the European NATO countries in a war with Russia." Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has a warning for workers across America: If Elon Musk can fire hundreds of thousands of federal employees without cause,

The amended complaint also lists five additional pseudonymous plaintiffs who aren’t executive branch employees.

A rift appeared to open Sunday between some of President Donald Trump’s agency heads and Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with reforming the federal government, over Musk’s demand that all federal employees state their weekly accomplishments or risk termination.