Amid workforce cuts and an order to return to the office, some of 75,000 federal workers accepted resignation buyouts. They were motivated by retirement plans, potential layoffs, and personal logistics.

The U.S. government began firing thousands of people at multiple agencies on Thursday as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk accelerate their purge of America's federal bureaucracy, union sources and employees familiar with the moves told Reuters.

Personnel from Elon Musk's government downsizing team called DOGE held what appeared to be their first meetings at the Pentagon on Friday, a U.S. official told Reuters, as senior military officers brace for billions in possible spending cuts.

A trickle of lawsuits against Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency have become a flood. Fourteen states filed suit in federal court on Thursday, accusing President Donald Trump of illegally delegating executive powers to Musk in violation of the Appointments Clause of the U.