A judge in Massachusetts paused a deadline to decide on whether to take the buyout, leaving some workers unsure of where their acceptance of the deal leaves them.

Yesterday’s unexpected email is another sign of Elon Musk’s influence in the Trump administration. Musk gave workers at X—then Twitter—a similar ultimatum in 2022, complete with a nearly identical “Fork in the Road” subject line. He poked at the similarities in a cryptic post yesterday evening.