Confusion and chaos loom as hundreds of thousands of federal employees begin their workweek on Monday. They’re facing an 11:59 p.m.

Multiple major agencies, including the FBI, State Department and Pentagon, have directed employees not to respond to Musk’s email.

He and DOGE told federal employees to document what they did last week — or else. Numerous agencies have since told workers to ignore it.

The missive is just the latest way in which Mr Musk’s war on waste and fraud in government risks descending into farce. Two days before, he appeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference with Javier Milei,