IRS Employees Told They Must Respond to Musk’s Bizarre Email by Midnight

Federal workers at the U.S. Treasury, which includes the IRS, received an email Monday signed by a former Heritage Foundation analyst instructing them to answer Elon Musk’s bizarre email demanding to know what they’ve been working on. The deadline for responding is midnight tonight, and workers at several agencies have been told not to respond, kicking off a showdown between the DOGE team and recently confirmed members of Donald Trump’s cabinet. “By now you should have received an email from OPM seeking information on your accomplishments over the last week. You are directed to respond to this message before the deadline, if you are not on leave on Monday,” the email reads. The email, which was shared with Gizmodo by a source at the IRS who wishes to remain anonymous, appears to come from a man named John W. York, a former foreign policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation. The think tank created the infamous Project 2025 policy document for radically dismantling the U.S. government. ... Read full article.