This comes after the IRS saw a mass firing of over 6,000 employees. They were between 6% and 7% of the agency’s 100,000-person workforce.

Elon Musk threatened to fire even more federal workers if they did not respond to his email demanding a list of five tasks completed.

Musk caused alarm among federal employees over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work.

US business activity nearly stalled in February amid mounting fears over tariffs on imports and deep cuts in federal ...