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 ...
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 ...
As Musk, Trump administration target CFPB, Democrats defend consumer watchdog's impact
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to safeguard ...
‘This is code red,’ Warren says of Musk targeting CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it's 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.
Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt parts 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 ...
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 ...
Dismantling the CFPB would turn the consumer finance world into the 'wild, wild west,' its former director says
Richard Cordray, the first director of the CFPB, told BI that Elon Musk's call to dismantle the agency is a 'direct conflict ...
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 ...