The former head of China’s CDC has accused Elon Musk of hurting science after the special adviser to President Donald Trump cut the US budget for scientific research as part of his efforts to slash federal spending.

The Department of Health and Human Services message comes amid days of confusion after emails from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and a tweet by Elon Musk.

Musk announced Saturday on X that the email asking employees to list 5 things they did last week was being distributed with President Trump's approval.

President Donald Trump handed more power to Elon Musk yesterday. An American teacher was freed from captivity in Russia yesterday. A judge ordered the CDC and FDA to restore websites that were removed.

CIO, AFGE, AFSCME, AFT, CWA, SEIU, Economic Policy Institute, and partner organizations are expanding their legal challenge to stop DOGE’s takeover of Americans’ private data

The Department of Health and Human Services reportedly began dismissing 3,600 probationary employees on Friday.

President Donald Trump and DOGE head Elon Musk cut thousands of probationary positions after only 3.3% of federal workers took Trump's buyout offer.

The White House defended the layoffs — imposed by billionaire Elon Musk ’s unofficial Department of Government Efficiency — as methodical decisions meant to spare HHS’ core functions. But people with knowledge of the firings told POLITICO the deep cuts over the weekend sometimes seemed indiscriminate — with even some Trump political appointees unaware which of their employees were being fired or why.

The legislators held a Zoom meeting (because of the weather) with OHSU staff to describe the damage that would be done to research at OHSU and other institutions by cuts made by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk,

Janessa, a former CDC worker who was fired under Elon Musk's DOGE cuts, says she has spent much of her time lately in tears. She says if she was given the opportunity to talk to Musk, she would tell him not everything can be run by AI.