A federal union leader told the administration to retract its insulting "what did you do last week?" email, saying it violates the law and wastes everybody's time.

In a sign that not every Trump official is on the same page, leaders at the FBI and State Department instructed employees not to respond.

Elon Musk caused alarm among federal employees and drew ire over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work for the week, and warning on social media that a failure to do so would be taken as a resignation.