Inside Trump and Musk’s War on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The new boss at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had a jarring message for staffers Monday morning, in an internal memo leaked to Rolling Stone: “Stand down from performing any work task.” The message came from Russell Vought — a Project 2025 architect who was confirmed by the Senate last week to lead the Office of Management and Budget in the Trump White House.
Trump Vs. CFPB: Russ Vought Orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau To Stop Work
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Acting Director Russell Vought told agency employees on Monday not to come into work or perform any work tasks—a dismal sign for the bureau that has been targeted by President Donald Trump and tech billionaires including Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
Trump administration orders 1,700 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau workers to stay home
Workers at the federal government's consumer finance watchdog in Washington were told to stay home Monday after the acting director, newly installed by President Donald Trump, ordered the agency to halt its work.
Trump administration leaves future of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau uncertain
The future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in limbo after the Trump administration told the bureau’s employees to suspend their work. Thursday, Russell Vought was confirmed as the head of the Office of Management and Budget and acting director of the CFPB.
‘This is code red,’ Warren says of Musk targeting CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it has returned more than $20 billion to consumers. The world's richest man has ...
The CFPB tells its workers to 'not perform any work tasks' this week while it shuts down its DC headquarters
CFPB employees must "get approval in writing" to do any work this week, acting director Russell Vought wrote in an email.
Vought Tells CFPB to Do Nothing While Headquarters Is Closed (1)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees were ordered to do no work while the agency’s Washington headquarters is ...
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New CFPB chief closes headquarters, tells all staff they must not do 'any work tasks'
The edict comes as Russell Vought takes over at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Vought has ordered work to halt at ...
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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 ...
These federal workers fear ‘blackmail’ in wake of DOGE access to their personal info
There are “no known security constraints and zero oversight” preventing Elon Musk’s callow crew from obtaining and ...
Russell Vought takes over at CFPB as Musk's DOGE gains access
President Donald Trump's newly installed management and budget director Russell Vought took control of the U.S. Consumer ...
Elon’s DOGE Attack on Financial Watchdog Coincides With X Pursuit of Digital Wallet
X announced that it had entered into an arrangement with Visa to create a peer-to-peer digital payments system. “Another ...
OMB head Russell Vought takes over as CFPB as acting head, DOGE team deletes X account
Russell Vought took over as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday night and officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency deleted the banking ...
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‘This Is Code Red!’ Elizabeth Warren Goes Off About Elon Musk ‘Trying to Gut’ Government Agency
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called “code red” on the decision of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought to freeze the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in what she calls ...
Vought Expands CFPB Work Freeze, Cancels Next Fed Funding Draw
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting Director Russell Vought expanded a pause on the agency’s operations to include ...