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Key federal agencies refuse to comply with Musk’s latest demand in his cost-cutting diktat

Key federal agencies refuse to comply with Musk’s latest demand in his cost-cutting diktat

  • The pushback from appointees of President Donald Trump marked a new level of chaos and confusion within the beleaguered federal workforce
  • Musk’s team on Saturday gave federal employees roughly 48 hours to report five specific things they had accomplished last week, or risk getting fired
  • Even some Republicans were critical of Musk’s ultimatum, which came just hours after Trump encouraged him on social media to “get more aggressive”
By AP ·