Donald Trump’s deep cuts to the federal government have now impacted the FDA, with similar layoffs and budget reductions expected to hit the Pentagon next. Reporting indicates these rushed efforts have uncovered little evidence of fraud].

U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge of the federal workforce, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.

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

The federal workforce is on edge after Elon Musk announced they must provide details on the work they accomplished in the last week or face losing their jobs.

Attorneys for federal workers said Monday in a lawsuit that billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk had violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired.

Billionaire Elon Musk issued an ultimatum to federal employees Saturday, saying in a post on his social media platform X that employees must respond to an email justifying the work they completed this week or resign.

The president recently touted the idea, which came to a 30-year-old investor in a dream and caught the attention of Elon Musk on X.

The US FDA has dismissed around 20 employees, impacting the review of Neuralink’s brain implant trials. The layoffs, part of a broader government spen