Key federal agencies are defying Musk's order for weekly employee reports as part of his cost-cutting measures.

Employees throughout the federal government have until 11:59 pm ET Monday to detail five things they accomplished in the last week.

Some federal agencies, including the State and Defense Departments, told their employees not to respond to an email asking for a list of tasks they completed.

The Trump administration told federal agencies they don't have to direct workers to comply with Elon Musk's request for information about their activities at work.

Elon Musk is finding himself locked in a power struggle with top Trump administration officials over an out-of-the-blue email blast to federal workers Saturday demanding that they list their

DOGE co-lead Elon Musk demanded federal employees comply with a demand within 48 hours earlier this week, or risk being let go.

Pentagon leadership instructed employees to “pause” any response to Musk’s team, according to an email from Jules Hurst, the deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.

Several agencies have pushed back against Musk's order that federal employees provide details about what they accomplished last week.

Pack smiling about the thousands of civil servants whose jobs he just cut up, then demanded those left tell him 5 of their accomplishments last week or be fired.