US tells federal agencies they can ignore Musk ultimatum

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management told HR officials that employees not replying to an email asking what they did last week will not be taken as a resignation and staff were not obliged to respond to the email, according to a Justice Department internal communication. Billionaire and Republican President Donald Trump's ally Elon Musk had ordered for U.S. government workers to justify their jobs. Musk's directive to the nation's 2.3 million civil-service workers to provide a five-point summa