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Russell Vought, as Consumer Bureau’s Acting Director, Orders Its Headquarters Closed for a Week
The order to shutter the agency’s headquarters follows another order issued Saturday by Mr. Vought, who also leads the Office of Management and Budget, telling agency employees to halt nearly all their work.
Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt portions of bureau activity
Trump’s DOGE, an advisory body led by Musk, has zeroed in on some agencies as part of its efforts to slash the size of government. The CFPB was the latest to come into Musk’s crosshairs following DOGE’s efforts to fire staff and stop work at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Russ Vought, tapped as CFPB's acting director, directs bureau to issue no new rules, stop new investigations
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has directed staff to not issue any new rules and to stop any new investigations.
Russell Vought takes over as CFPB's acting head
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has taken on the role of acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to an OMB spokesperson and a source familiar with the situation.
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 watchdog’s X account,
Russell Vought takes the helm at CFPB as Musk's DOGE accesses key systems
Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as Elon Musk's representatives gained access to the bureau's systems and accounts, including sensitive data.
CFPB’s Funding Gets Cut Off After Russell Vought Takes Over Consumer Protection Agency
T he Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will not receive its next scheduled tranche of federal funding, new acting director Russell Vought said Saturday night—after r
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New acting director tells Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to suspend most operations
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and will suspend most of its operations, according to a memo from its new acting ...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to shutter for a week
The closure of the CFPB, established after the 2008 financial crisis, follows a visit Friday by members of Elon Musk’s U.S.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered to stop work: What to know about the agency
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget and the acting director of CFPB, ordered the federal watchdog ...
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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 ...
Russ Vought orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop work
The development came after Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, gained access to the CFPB and began a thorough review.
Trump administration halts work at fraud-fighting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
"Effective immediately, unless expressly approved by the Acting Director or required by law, all employees, contractors and ...
Trump Official Orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Stop Work
WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, ...
Mass. Sen. Warren hits Trump decision to stop work at consumer watchdog bureau she proposed
The move on the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gives "banks and giant corporations the green light to scam ...
Trump official orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, brainchild of Sen. Warren, to stop work
"They will fail again," Warren said after a Trump administration official ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to ...