Feb 8, 2025 · The new directive from the CFPB's acting director, Russell Vought, on Monday comes after the agency closed the bureau's Washington headquarters for the week and told staff to work remotely. No ...

Feb 9, 2025 · 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...

Feb 9, 2025 · Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought issued a series of directives to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees Saturday night in his new capacity as the bureau's acting ...

Feb 9, 2025 · Vought was an author of Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for upending the federal government that called for significant changes, including abolishing the consumer bureau. In less than 36...

Feb 9, 2025 · In an email to CFPB staff Saturday, Russ Vought — the newly confirmed director of the Office of Management and Budget and acting head of the CFPB — directed employees not to issue any...

Feb 9, 2025 · Russell Vought, the newly installed acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, sent an email Saturday night ordering all employees at the consumer watchdog to stop...

Feb 9, 2025 · Russell Vought, who now leads the Office of Management and Budget, was appointed late Friday as the consumer bureau’s acting director. Mr. Vought was an architect of Project 2025, the ...

Feb 8, 2025 · 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 ...

Feb 9, 2025 · The Bureau's current balance of $711.6 million is in fact excessive in the current fiscal environment. This spigot, long contributing to CFPB's unaccountability, is now being turned off." Senior executives at CFPB, the federal consumer finance watchdog, had been informed Friday night that Vought was taking the helm as acting director of the bureau.

4 days ago · 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 ...