NBC News momentarily handed Elon Musk the presidency — albeit unintentionally — by claiming that he, not President Donald Trump, named Dan Bongino as the FBI’s deputy director. In a pre-recorded package that aired Tuesday,

👋🏾 I'm Jane, Daily Briefing author. Why is Mars red? New research reveals an answer to the ancient mystery. The federal Office of Personnel Management notified workers they could ignore Elon Musk's latest DOGE directive, a reversal for the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump who sought to remove workers who didn't reply.

Elon Musk’s demand that federal workers justify their work is causing chaos. What to know: Musk ordered all 2.3 million government employees to list their achievements or risk losing their jobs. Some officials,

FBI Director Kash Patel and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, both Trump allies, instructed workers to ignore Musk’s request.

The mass resignation of engineers, data scientists, and product managers is a temporary setback for Musk and the Republican president’s tech-driven purge of the federal workforce.

Federal personnel officials walked back Elon Musk’s demand that government workers justify their jobs in an email or face termination, saying that his request had been “voluntary.” The update from the Office of Personnel Management came after Trump-appointed officials at some agencies told employees not to respond.