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Dozens of fired federal employees protested in Senate office buildings, crowding into the office of Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and the personal office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Tuesday morning.

The protestors barged into Murkowski's office, demanding a meeting with the moderate senator or a member of her staff.

Ultimately, a member of her staff agreed to speak and the protestors were asked to leave to talk with that staffer in the hallway.

Five protesters were allowed into Thune's office while the rest were asked to leave.

"I'm not sure that they have an understanding or appreciation of what any federal government agency or department does," former USAID employee Elizabeth Glidden told ABC News when asked about Musk and Trump.

"Yes, USAID was the first but this is also about our colleagues at the VA and CFPB and at the Pentagon," she added.

-ABC News' Jay O'Brien

After facing angry questions from constituents at a town hall last week, Georgia Republican Rep. Rich McCormick was back on Capitol Hill with a new message for Elon Musk and DOGE: show a little compassion.

McCormick faced "boos" as he fielded questions from furious constituents.

"People are concerned about what DOGE is, what it can do, what its powers are, if they're overstepping the law. They're concerned about the rapidity of the moves and people losing their benefits," McCormick told ABC News.

The congressman said he was heading to the White House Tuesday afternoon for a previously scheduled meeting with Trump, and, if given the chance, he plans to convey some of his concerns about DOGE to the president directly.

"I think some of their actions have been too rapid to adapt to — for real people. I mean, you're talking about Republicans too. We're not just talking about Democrats," he said.

Republican Rep. Cliff Bentz of Oregon also got an earful from constituents at a town hall last week and urged Musk not to leave Congress in the dark.

"I would tell him (Musk) he needs to reach out to Congress and let us know what they have in mind before they do it. So we at least have some sort of heads up," he said.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott and James Parkinson

One of the things noted by OPM in its letter to employees over the "What did you do last week?" email was the fact that White House employees are exempt from replying to the email.

"At Counsel's direction, in order to comport with the Presidential Records Act, the Executive Office of the President is exempted from this exercise," the letter said.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders

Overnight, Elon Musk's DOGE provided another update to its official government website, increasing its total claimed estimated savings from $55 billion to $65 billion and adding an "Agency Efficiency Leaderboard."

The new total claimed savings of $65 billion cannot be fully verified, as the group has yet to post all the claimed canceled contracts and savings on the website—though DOGE maintains it will eventually do so.

The update came after the previous total was called out for being erroneous given the data that was shared on the site. The website now includes a new line after last week's news that DOGE's largest claimed savings contract was revised down from $8 billion to $8 million:

"There may be discrepencies [SIC] between FPDS and the posted numbers, the latter of which originate directly from the agency contracting officials. If you would like to report a potential discrepancy, please DM the @DOGE X account." the site said.

-ABC News' Will Steakin