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 ...
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My Spin: What if the state health plan goes broke?
By Tom Campbell For as long as most of us can remember, North Carolina’s employee state health plan has been troubled, often described as being in crisis. In 2010, the plan had reported unfunded ...
Russell Vought takes the helm at CFPB, orders pause in agency activities
Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as he orders a pause in most of the agency's activities, and promises to cut spending.
Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all ...
Vought Moves to Defang CFPB, Telling Staff to Halt All Supervision
President Trump’s newly installed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Russell Vought ordered staff to halt all of ...
Turning off 'spigot': White House declines more funding for Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
A White House official said Saturday he would decline more funding for the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, signaling a possible end to the agency.
Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt portions of bureau activity
Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, an advisory body led by Elon Musk, has zeroed in on some agencies as part of its ...
Karoline Leavitt claps back at ‘pitiful’ Democrat who called her ‘fake Christian’
The White House press secretary fired back at freshman Rep. Dave Min, who attacked Leavitt on X last week, labeling her “a ...
Why Trump was able to pull off such a swift war on diversity
Donald Trump’s move to rapidly eradicate diversity efforts from the federal government marks the culmination of a widespread ...
US consumer finance watchdog workers protest Musk's DOGE
The Wall Street Journal reported late Friday that representatives of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency gained ...
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 ...
DOGE gets access into Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as OMB's Russell Vought takes over as acting head of federal consumer watchdog agency
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is an outlet for Americans dealing with issues such as questionable student loan servicing practices or excessive bank overdraft fees.