The deadline for federal workers to respond to Elon Musk’s request to verify their weekly work output passed on Monday night, but the consequences of declining to respond remain vague. Musk confirmed shortly before Monday’s deadline that federal workers would be given another chance to respond, and that failure to do so “will result in termination.” Several government agencies, including those led by loyalists to President Donald Trump,...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that state authorities working with the Department of Homeland Security are conducting an immigration and law enforcement operation in Colony Ridge, a huge development known for attracting masses of illegal immigrants. “Colony Ridge is being targeted today,” Abbott, a Republican, announced on X on Monday. Colony Ridge, which is less than an hour’s drive from Texas’ biggest city, Houston, is a housing development...