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.

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].

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.

In a sign that not every Trump official is on the same page, leaders at the FBI and State Department instructed employees not to respond.

The FDA is considering rehiring recently dismissed scientists who were involved in projects like Elon Musk's Neuralink. About 300 positions are expected to be reinstated after mass firings by the Trump administration.

A U.S. watchdog group and other critics are responding with alarm to reporting that federal employees reviewing applications related to a brain implant developed by Elon Musk's company Neuralink are among those fired as part of the billionaire and President Donald Trump's sweeping mission to gut the government workforce.

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