Vought closing CFPB headquarters for a week, staff ordered to work remotely
An email sent to staff said, "Employees and contractors are to work remotely unless instructed otherwise from our Acting ...
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CFPB's Vought stops agency work, vows to cut all funding
Russell Vought, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new acting director, ordered staff to stop all work and closed the ...
Trump’s New Budget Chief Orders Federal Financial Watchdog To Halt Operations
The Project 2025 architect has effectively frozen the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now allowing big banks and giant ...
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Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night, putting an official ...
Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building
The order follows similar efforts by the White House to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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Consumer watchdog CFPB gets a new boss, who promptly shuts it down
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau got a new director on Friday, Russell Vought. He was named by President Trump as ...
Trump admin orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop work
The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 ...
The CFPB’s headquarters are closing.
Two days after DOGE head Elon Musk posted “CFPB RIP” on X, employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters ...