On February 8, New York Federal Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued a temporary restraining order restricting DOGE from accessing the Treasury Department's payment system. This sparked a furious response from Musk, who suggested Engelmayer should face impeachment.

Some parts of the U.S. military are preparing lists of weapons programs they have long wanted to cancel in a bid to get ahead of what could be drastic cuts by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency,