NewsNation contributor and former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said President Trump and Elon Musk are itching for a fight with the courts over their cuts to the federal workforce. Mulvaney was weighing in on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sending a memo to federal agencies requiring them to turn over their plans for mass government layoffs.

The Trump administration is directing federal agencies to prepare for mass layoffs of their workers, according to the heads of the White House budget office and Office of Personnel Management. Budget Director Russell Vought and acting OPM Director Charles Ezell said in the memo to the heads of departments and agencies the they will have to submit the first phase of plans for reorganization plans by March 13,

On Saturday evening, February 22, billionaire White House advisor Elon Musk sent an email (from OPM, the Office of Personnel Management) to 2.3 million US federal employees, telling them to send "approx.

The Office of Personnel Management asked federal agencies to report the time and expenses their workers devoted to union activities.

The Trump administration is directing federal agencies to begin preparations for large-scale layoffs and restructuring, and submit plans by March 13, according to a memo.

The memo asks agency heads to develop plans for reductions in force and reorganization that include plans to promote efficiency through tech modernization.

A second email asking government workers to detail what they did in the last week went out to some agencies on Saturday.

The Office of Personnel Management said it can process pensions entirely digitally, in two days, in a video promoted by Elon Musk's DOGE.

A Wednesday memo from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directs agencies across government to turn over plans for widespread layoffs of

The Office of Personnel Management email Wednesday to remote workers, some thousands of miles from Washington, told them they are being relocated.

Elon Musk asked federal workers to list five accomplishments in the last week via email, but some agency heads told workers to ignore the directive.