👋🏾 I'm Jane, Daily Briefing author. Why is Mars red? New research reveals an answer to the ancient mystery. The federal Office of Personnel Management notified workers they could ignore Elon Musk's latest DOGE directive, a reversal for the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump who sought to remove workers who didn't reply.

NBC News momentarily handed Elon Musk the presidency — albeit unintentionally — by claiming that he, not President Donald Trump, named Dan Bongino as the FBI’s deputy director. In a pre-recorded package that aired Tuesday,

Elon Musk’s demand that federal workers justify their work is causing chaos. What to know: Musk ordered all 2.3 million government employees to list their achievements or risk losing their jobs. Some officials,

FBI Director Kash Patel and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, both Trump allies, instructed workers to ignore Musk’s request.

Elon Musk is vowing yet again to fire any federal workers who don’t respond to an email asking them to list five things they accomplished last week.

Trump, meanwhile, attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy while speaking at his Mar-a-Lago home as U.S. officials hold talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine that started when Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded its neighbor. Zelenskyy was not invited to the talks with Russia.

Ukraine-Russia: President Trump said he hoped to soon secure a cease-fire agreement to halt the war in Ukraine, speaking at a joint White House news conference with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain.