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.

The American Federation of Government Employees responded to the email sent to federal employees with a statement expressing frustration. “Once again, Elon Musk and the Trump Ad

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