The new FBI director instructed personnel not to respond to Musk's demand to justify their job or face dismissal.

FBI Director Kash Patel told employees to hold off on responding to an email, sent at tech billionaire Elon Musk’s direction, asking federal workers to list their accomplishments during the

The guidance from OPM to human resources leaders comes amid a turf war between agency leaders and Musk. Several departments have instructed employees not to respond to the email. In a message to staff Saturday, FBI Director Kash Patel said that “when and ...

Kash Patel, the newly minted head of the FBI, is making it clear the bureau does not take marching orders from Elon Musk.

Newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel sent out correspondence to all departments he is in charge of, ordering them to "pause any responses" being formulated to billionaire Elon Musk's email in which he asks federal employees to justify their jobs.

Elon Musk posted Saturday on his social media site that failure to reply to the email would be taken as a resignation.

OPM, DOGE and the White House did not immediately ... area "to less-costly parts of the country." New FBI director Kash Patel has already ordered about 1,500 employees out of the Washington ...

Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency make a new attempt to cut government spending and reduce the federal workforce.

but added that “when and if required” it would coordinate responses to OPM’s email. Newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel also told staff to "please pause any responses" to the email.

Behind the scenes, cabinet secretaries compared notes as they tried to figure out how to respond to a directive from President Trump’s most powerful adviser without angering the president.