A judge extended his pause Monday on the Trump administration’s plan to slash the federal workforce through mass buyouts, hours after a different judge ruled the government had violated an order to stop freezing federal funds—the latest in a slew of legal actions as Democrats and others fight President Donald Trump and cost-cutting czar Elon Musk in court.

If the theme of the first week of the Elon Musk and Donald Trump autocoup was “Why isn’t anyone doing anything to stop this?” then the theme of this past week was “ Go lawyers .” The Trump administration has been hit with over 40 lawsuits challenging everything from DOGE’s takeover of the Treasury to the “Fork in the Road” fake buyout scheme for federal employees.

We have spent much of the past 24 hours on the telephone trying to get to the bottom of Elon Musk’s hostile bid for Sam Altman’s OpenAI. It was

Open AI CEO Sam Altman rejects rival co-founder Elon Musk's $97.4 billion takeover bid. Here's what to know about OpenAI and what is ChatGPT

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has soundly dismissed a $97.4 billion takeover bid backed by rival Elon Musk, but the unsolicited offer is likely to add complications to Altman’s push to transform the maker of