Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, had some harsh words for the way DOGE was operating, calling the email sent to federal workers “intimidation,” and saying that she’s hearing from federal workers who are being “treated with a level of disregard to their service and to their tenure.”

More than 1 million federal staffers, less than half the government’s work force, have responded to Elon Musk’s demand to come up with five things they accomplished on the job last week, the

Some federal agencies, including the State and Defense Departments, told their employees not to respond to an email asking for a list of tasks they completed.