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Russell Vought Takes Over at CFPB

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 government. The CFPB was the latest to come into Musk’s crosshairs following DOGE’s efforts to fire staff members and stop work at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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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,

U.S. News & World Report · 4d

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 Financial Protection Bureau on Friday, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Wall Street Journal · 4d

Russell Vought Taking Over as New Acting Head of CFPB

Agency’s union raises alarm over DOGE access to sensitive data of banks and individuals.

Top CFPB leaders dismissed

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Trump's White House Is Disabling the CFPB. What to Know—and What's Next

Key Takeaways The acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked employees to stop much of their work, closed the headquarters, and said he would refuse the agency's funding.Analysts said that the White House cannot close the agency without Congress' consent but could hold the CFPB back from doing much of its work.

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The Trump administration has ordered the CFPB to stop its work. What does the agency do?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulates financial products on behalf of the public and has returned over $21 billion to consumers.

Top CFPB leaders dismissed as Trump team begins to dismantle agency

Two top leaders of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were removed from their roles Tuesday — in the first staffing cuts as President Trump’s team begins an

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to shut down for a week

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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 to stop work.

CNN on MSN · 10d

Trump fires head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, posted a letter Saturday on X to President Donald Trump that he would no longer serve in the role.

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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.

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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 ...

Two top CFPB officials resign after being ordered to stop all work

The directors of supervision and enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stepped down, citing the stop work ...

Vought cuts off CFPB funding, saying it’s not necessary to run the agency

Russell Vought, the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is halting the flow of new funding to the agency and shutting down its headquarters, the latest threat to the CFPB’s ...

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The fight over the CFPB is just beginning

Locked out of their offices and told to stay home, employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have asked the ...

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