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'You can't interpret silence to be a resignation:' email stokes confusion

Feb 24, 20253 min
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Federal employees were told they have until the end of Monday to detail what they accomplished last week or face firing. Some bosses said to hold on before replying to the email, stoking confusion. NPR's Emma Bowman reports.

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