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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 ... The move to delete CFPB’s X account comes after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who last weekend was named the acting director of the ...
Trump Vs. CFPB: Russ Vought Orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau To Stop Work
Feb. 9 The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents CFPB employees, sued Vought, asking a judge to stop him from ...
Consumer watchdog ordered to stop fighting financial abuse and to work from home as HQ temporarily shuts down
Russell Vought, the newly installed acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, sent an email Saturday night ...
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Russell Vought Taking Over as New Acting Head of CFPB
Russell Vought took over the Consumer Financial Protection ... The new leader comes days after Trump fired the Biden-era leader and put in place Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who immediately froze ...
Russell Vought Orders Pause On All CFPB Activity, Critics Say This Gives Corporations 'The Green Light To Scam Families'
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau–an agency that oversees financial regulations in the U.S. States–has come to a standstill under the leadership of its new acting head, Russell Vought. Vought ...
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Vought cuts off CFPB funding, saying it’s not necessary to run the agency
Russell Vought, the acting head of the Consumer ... agency activities issued earlier this week by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who had temporarily led the agency after President Donald ...
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.
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Vought seeks to halt actions at CFPB
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is quickly seeking ... Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, of instituting an “illegal” stop worker for CFPB employees.
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Russell Vought takes the helm at CFPB, orders pause in agency activities
Updated February 08, 2025 at 23:56 PM ET Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025 and the ... He replaces Treasury ...
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Bessent on Trump reciprocal tariffs threat: ‘This is not theater’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended President Trump ... After receiving their proposals, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought would then submit a report within 180 ...
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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 ... The move to delete CFPB’s X account comes after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who last weekend was named the acting director of the CFPB ...
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Russell Vought Taking Over as New Acting Head of CFPB
Russell Vought took over the Consumer Financial ... fired the Biden-era leader and put in place Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who immediately froze the agency’s work.