Musk initially said the request was a 'very basic pulse check,' but now says it will root out 'non-existent people or...dead people' who are collecting paychecks. Several agencies are telling employees to ignore the email for now.

Many federal employees across the country are back at agency offices under President Donald Trump's return-to-office mandate.

Confusion and chaos loom as hundreds of thousands of federal employees begin their workweek Monday facing a deadline from President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief, Elon Musk, to explain their recen

Elon Musk threatened to fire even more federal workers if they did not respond to his email demanding a list of five tasks completed.