An internal memo asked managers to name those who did not respond to Elon Musk’s “What did you do last week?” email blast.

A federal judge in California ruled late Thursday President Trump and Elon Musk’s mass firings of probationary government employees were illegal, siding with a coalition of labor unions and nonprofit groups.

Elon Musk has spent the past month destroying the U.S. federal government with his team of DOGE goons, taking a chainsaw to USAID, NOAA, Social Security, and countless other vital agencies. And while President Donald Trump is ostensibly the guy in charge of the country,

Hundreds of weather forecasters and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees were fired Thursday in the latest wave of cuts from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, sparking concern among local forecasters and emergency officials.

Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said, as billionaire Elon Musk aims to shrink a federal workforce that President Donald Trump has called bloated and sloppy.

The story below, published on February 21 before the announcement, explains how the Trump administration has been preparing to cut staffing at NOAA and what that means for weather forecasting and climate research.

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

A factually incorrect posting has been making the rounds, including being shared by Elon Musk. Here's what we found.

The NOAA and weather service are the latest government agencies hit with mass layoffs. Jim Cantore, Al Rocker decry loss and talk about the impact it will have