Republican senators are cautiously optimistic that the services of billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency to make sweeping federal workforce firings that have put many GOP lawmakers on edge may no longer be required.

Senate Republicans on Monday criticized Elon Musk’s directive for federal government employees to lose their jobs if they did not send in a bullet-pointed summary of what they did last week at work, describing it as a rash decision that was not handled well.

Elon Musk's demand for federal employees to submit weekly work summaries via a recent email has sparked bipartisan criticism from Senate Republicans.

Senate Republicans took a major step to advance President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda early Friday morning, voting to adopt a budget blueprint that sets up a clash with House Republicans, who have put forward a competing plan.

The House Rules Committee, the final gatekeepers for most bills before a House floor vote, is meeting to debate a measure that GOP leaders want to have on Trump's desk by sometime