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Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Updated 6:20 PM CST, February 25, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The turmoil that enveloped the federal workforce over the last few days is unlikely to cease anytime soon as the U.S. government’s human resources agency considers how to fulfill Elon Musk ’s demands.

The Office of Personnel Management told agency leaders Monday that their employees did not have to comply with a Musk-inspired edict for workers to report their recent accomplishments or risk getting fired. But later that evening, OPM sent out another memo suggesting that there could be similar requests going forward — and workers might be sanctioned for noncompliance.

“Agencies should consider whether the expectation for employees to submit activity and/or accomplishment bullets should be integrated into the agency’s Weekly Activity Report,” wrote acting director Charles Ezell. He added that “agencies should consider any appropriate actions regarding employees who fail to respond to activity/accomplishment requests.”

OPM originally sent employees an email over the weekend with the subject line “what did you do last week?” Recipients were asked to respond with “approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished.”...

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Trump to hold 1st Cabinet meeting. Elon Musk will be there, too

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President Donald Trump is holding the first Cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday. In attendance will be Elon Musk.
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New poll finds about half of rural young people feel job market pressures in their hometowns

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A new Gallup-Walton Family Foundation survey released Wednesday shows that nearly half of rural Generation Z Americans feel they can't find fulfilling work in their communities and are considering moving.

Rural Gen-Zers are also nearly 20 percentage points more likely to feel that way than their urban brethren.

Urban young people also have a higher confidence in their ability to land crucial internships out of school, and parents of rural youths are similarly concerned about quality-of-life issues for their grown children and in their ability to...
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Gaza ceasefire deal impasse resolved by mediators, officials say

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The delayed release of 600 Palestinian prisoners will reportedly go ahead when Hamas returns four Israeli hostages' bodies.
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12 things we spotted in the Oscars class photo

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Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Demi Moore and Timothée Chalamet were among the actors smiling for the camera.
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Indian doctors remove teen's 'parasitic' twin in rare surgery

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The 17-year-old had an additional set of limbs, buttocks and genitals that protruded from his abdomen.
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Religious sect parents jailed over death of diabetic daughter

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Elizabeth Struhs was denied insulin by her parents, who believed God would heal her.
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Australia host loses job over offensive women's football remarks

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Marty Sheargold said that the Matildas players reminded him of "year 10 girls".
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Ukraine reportedly agrees a critical rare minerals deal with the U.S.

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Ukraine and the United States reached an agreement over access to Kyiv's deposits of rare earth minerals, according to media reports, as Kyiv seeks to reinforce its ties with its key wartime transatlantic ally under the Trump administration.

The draft deal envisages that the two countries will jointly develop Ukraine's mineral resources, including oil and gas, and sees the U.S. drop demands for a right to $500 billion in potential revenue from the agreement, according to the Financial Times, which first reported the deal on Tuesday.

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US naval base in Italy placed on lockdown

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A U.S. naval base in Italy was placed on lockdown on Wednesday due to an "ongoing situation" at an entry control point, officials said.
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WATCH: Toddler uses ASL to communicate with Buzz Lightyear at Disneyland

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Once Buzz Lightyear realized the boy's mom was translating for him using American Sign Language, he jumped right in and started signing too.
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Russia reports massive Ukraine drone attack on strategic port and logistics hub

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Russia's Defense Ministry claimed to have shot down 130 Ukrainian drones on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside Republicans' long game to confirm Trump FBI Director Kash Patel

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Now-FBI Director Kash Patel worked hard to get the Senate support necessary for confirmation, studying the lawmakers, sitting for countless meetings and even enlisting the assistance of Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to prep for his hearing, Fox News Digital has learned.

Patel met with 61 senators in his bid to take on the role that President Donald Trump nominated him for, a transition official told Fox News Digital.

They noted this is significant for a position that is not even within the president's Cabinet.

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SCOTUS to hear straight woman's discrimination case that could reshape employment law

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The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving an Ohio woman who claims she was unfairly discriminated against for being straight, while she watched her less-qualified LGBT colleagues in Ohio's youth corrections system climb the career ladder.

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USAID instructions for fired employees gives them 15 minutes to gather belongings from shuttered DC building

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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has posted detailed instructions on its website for the thousands of employees seeking to retrieve personal belongings from their offices inside the Ronald Reagan Building after being fired or placed on administrative leave.

The agency is giving employees two days – Thursday, Feb. 27, and Friday, Feb. 28 – to enter the building during designated time slots if they have items they would like to bring home. While the slots range from 60 minutes to 90 minutes overall, employees will have...
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Chinese foodies pose as mourners to try funeral home's noodles

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The noodle dish, provided only to mourners, has gone viral on Chinese social media.
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