Elon Musk's team has begun a mass layoff of federal workers, The Washington Post reported Wednesday night. The Post obtained a copy of an email sent Wednesday morning to staff from an official in the Office of Personnel Management stating that sweeping layoffs had begun and were overwhelming the agency,

Confusion continued Monday as Elon Musk’s deadline for federal workers to detail their accomplishments from the previous week continues to be met with mixed messages.

Multiple federal agencies appeared to be caught off guard by the Elon Musk-directed email from the Office of Personnel Management.

All probationary staff at the Office of Personnel Management were fired on Thursday in a conference call and given less than an hour to leave the building in Washington, two sources familiar with the dismissal told Reuters.

All probationary staff at the Office of Personnel Management were fired on Thursday in a conference call and given less than an hour to leave the building in Washington, two sources familiar with the dismissal told Reuters.

President Donald Trump backed Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent work or risk getting fired, even as OPM said compliance is voluntary.

Agencies have provided their employees with varying information about whether to respond to the request for federal employees to provide five accomplishments from the previous week.

Elon Musk has been tasked by President Donald Trump with slashing federal government spending and the federal employee headcount, an effort known as DOGE.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) informed agency leaders that employee response to an email asking for a recap of what they accomplished last week is voluntary and that failure to do so