98 m. ago Glimmer of hope as No10 'recognises the strength of feeling' over Big Tech AI raid

Downing Street conceded that its controversial proposal to give AI firms a copyright exception may not emerge as the final option following a powerful campaign by the Mail.

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1 hour ago US personnel office walks back email ultimatum from Musk to workers

OPM says failure to respond to email will not be considered resignation but Trump ally digs in and threatens job lossesThe US government’s human resources office has walked back an ultimatum issued by Elon Musk that would have forced its workers to resign if they did not submit a bullet-point list of their recent accomplishments, in one of the first signs of internal pushback to the Tesla billionaire’s campaign to downsize the federal workforce.The demand, made in an email sent to million of government employees over the weekend and quickly sued over by a coalition of labor and advocacy groups, represented the latest salvo by the “department of government efficiency” (Doge), the Trump-sanctioned cost-cutting initiative Musk chairs. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Musk issues new ultimatum to federal workers after 'what did you do last week?' email sparked meltdown

Elon Musk plans to use a controversial method to judge federal workers' response to the DOGE chairman's 'what did you do last week?' email request to determine which employees to fire.

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3 h. ago Federal workers free to ignore Elon Musk email ultimatum, US personnel office says – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Here’s our latest politics storyHere’s a little more on Dan Bongino, the Maga podcaster Donald Trump has named as deputy director of the FBI and who will oversee the bureau alongside newly appointed director Kash Patel.The president announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.Kash Patel should have been a redline. Bongino is what you get when R Senators fail to do their jobs and say no to Patel. The Trump Admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen. It’s unacceptable and conservatives need to say so. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago New document casts doubt on Trump admin’s denials about $400m ‘armored Tesla’ contract: report

After controversy, officials quietly edited the record to eliminate mention of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company

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4 h. ago Who’s really in charge of DOGE if not Elon Musk? Government lawyers ‘don’t know’

Judges are raising constitutional alarms about the role of the world’s wealthiest man

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5 h. ago Federal workers free to ignore Elon Musk email ultimatum, US personnel office says – live

OPM says federal workers not obliged to respond despite Musk’s that ignoring email would be considered resignationHere’s a little more on Dan Bongino, the Maga podcaster Donald Trump has named as deputy director of the FBI and who will oversee the bureau alongside newly appointed director Kash Patel.The president announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.Kash Patel should have been a redline. Bongino is what you get when R Senators fail to do their jobs and say no to Patel. The Trump Admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen. It’s unacceptable and conservatives need to say so. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Elon Musk’s link to KGB as 'star protege "Big Balls" is grandson of executed agent'

Edward "Big Balls" Coristine is reportedly the grandson of Valery Fedorovich Martynov, a KGB agent executed by the Soviet Union for sharing state secrets with the FBI

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6 h. ago Federal workers can ignore Elon Musk’s email ultimatum, US office of personnel says – live

US office says federal workers are not obliged to respond to the email despite Elon Musk claiming ignoring the email would be considered a resignationHere’s a little more on Dan Bongino, the Maga podcaster Donald Trump has named as deputy director of the FBI and who will oversee the bureau alongside newly appointed director Kash Patel.The president announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.Kash Patel should have been a redline. Bongino is what you get when R Senators fail to do their jobs and say no to Patel. The Trump Admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen. It’s unacceptable and conservatives need to say so. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Elon Musk humiliated as workers told NOT to respond to vile email after basic error

US federal employees were told not to reply to an email sent by Elon Musk in which he asked them what they got done last week - and threatened to sack those who didn't reply

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7 h. ago Judicial branch employees – which Trump does not oversee – got Musk’s email asking for their accomplishments

Legal experts condemned the move, with one branding it a ‘fundamental failure’ in understanding the separation of powers, given the court system is not part of the executive branch

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7 h. ago Federal workers return to offices amid threat from Elon Musk

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

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8 h. ago Trump says federal employees who don't respond to Elon Musk's productivity email will be FIRED

President Donald Trump put himself fully behind Elon Musk's demand that federal employees write a five-point email about what they did last week, with those who don't respond facing firings.

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8 h. ago Border agents issue blistering response to Elon Musk for DOGE email demanding a list of 'accomplishments'

US Border Patrol agents are furious after Elon Musk 's DOGE team sent agents an email asking them to justify their jobs.

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8 h. ago Cruel trolls use heavily edited video to claim Elon Musk has 'abandoned' son X

Musk was accused of 'abandoning his son' by social media users after a video of X walking off a stage without supervision went viral. The clip is thought to have been captured last month.

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9 h. ago Rangers panic as Elon Musk’s job cuts remove vital services in national parks

The Trump administration laid off 1,000 National Park Employees last week, a move rangers say will cause chaos across the country.

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10 h. ago Federal computers are hacked to show fake AI video of Trump kissing Elon Musk’s feet

Hackers rolled out the 19-second video on the day that federal workers were ordered to return to the office

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10 h. ago The Latest: Federal workers face mass confusion as Musk’s deadline to list accomplishments looms

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 recent accomplishments or risk losing their jobs

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10 h. ago HUD computers are hacked to show AI video of Trump kissing Elon Musk’s feet

Hackers rolled out the 19-second video on the day that federal workers were ordered to return to the office

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11 h. ago Elon Musk's dad says 'he's worse than an auditor' as he dismisses Nazi salute

Errol Musk called his son a 'terrible' public speaker after he struggled to speak coherently in front of a large crowd – but he rejected the claims that Elon made a 'Nazi Salute' at a political rally

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