Musk's directive to govt staff opens fissures in admin

Elon Musk's order to US govt workers to justify their jobs opened divisions in Trump's admin, as some agencies told theirworkers to respond by Monday and others said to ignore him. President Trump on Monday said Musk's demand was "great" and, without offering evidence, said it was necessary to find workers who are not working. Leaders of defence, state, and homeland security depts, the FBI and many other agencies told workers not to respond outside their established chain of command. The dept of health and human services told its workers to hold off while it figured out how to "best meet the intent" of Musk's unusual directive, after earlier ordering them to comply. Federal workers Monday sued Musk, saying he violated the law with his demand.