Musk Increases Attacks on Judges Who Rule That DOGE Must Pause

Elon Musk, now President Donald Trump’s most prominent adviser, has increased his attacks on the federal officials and judges he sees as obstacles to his sweeping government cost-cutting crusade.

It’s a tactic the world’s richest person has long employed to take on his political and corporate rivals. But now, from his perch in the White House as a special government employee, his threats of retribution and calls for impeachment on X have taken on new heft.

Musk’s latest targets are the federal judges who will decide whether Trump’s blitz of executive orders — and Musk’s actions in carrying ...