Federal workers may be forced to respond to a second wave of controversial productivity emails set to be sent on Saturday if they want to keep their jobs, The Washington Post has reported. The emails,

Thousands of federal workers are out of a job, and further cuts are expected. Meanwhile, a federal judge has blocked the firings.

Before the weekend, the White House felt confident that coordination had been improving between senior staffers and Musk, two of those people said. In the first weeks of Trump’s new administration, some White House officials had expressed concerns over the tactics of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency,