Tech billionaire Elon Musk has reignited his long-standing feud with former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, taking a dig at him while enforcing a controversial directive for US federal employees ...

"What did you get done this week," Musk had texted former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal in April 2022, months before he purchased Twitter and ultimately renamed it X.

One of his first moves as the new owner was firing CEO Parag Agrawal. After his dismissal, Agrawal, along with three other former executives, sued Musk for failing to pay $128 million in severance.

The plaintiffs, including Parag Agrawal, the former chief executive, are asking for severance after they lost their jobs during Mr. Musk’s 2022 takeover of the company.

Musk fired CEO Parag Agrawal and two other executives, according to two people familiar with the decision. Twitter declined to comment.

Elon Musk lost a court ruling allowing severance pay claims from former Twitter executives, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, to proceed, with the judge rejecting Musk's request to dismiss the case.

Parag Agrawal, who was once removed by Elon Musk after taking over the micro-blogging website, has founded a cloud platform ...

In another lawsuit, Agrawal and three other former Twitter Inc. executives are seeking $128 million in severance payments from X Corp. after they were let go in the mass firing.