Elon Musk is vowing yet again to fire any federal workers who don’t respond to an email asking them to list five things they accomplished last week. Hours after the U.S. Office of Personnel Management had directed agencies that responses to its email were optional,

Some confusion over the email by Elon Musk for federal workers to justify their positions has led to a reprieve

President Donald Trump backed Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments by the end of Monday or risk getting fired, even as government agency officials were told that compliance with Musk’s edict was voluntary.