Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The new Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Kash Patel has reportedly told the agency's staff to ignore Elon Musk's request to justify their work or lose their jobs. "For now, please pause any responses," reads a message sent by Patel on Saturday to all FBI personnel, calling for employees to wait for a coordinated response from the bureau. Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been...

Elon Musk’s email ultimatum to federal workers, sent as part of his supposedly unofficial role as the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, is facing pushback from across Washington, D.C. just hours after it was sent. And some of the backlash is coming from unexpected corners of the Trump administration, perhaps teasing early signs of power struggles to come. “Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week,” Musk wrote Saturday afternoon.