Trump’s choice to lead CFPB, McKernan, left FDIC Monday
President Donald Trump chose a former FDIC board member to lead the CFPB, an indication that he may not want to dismantle the ...
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Dozens of CFPB workers are fired as the agency remains shuttered
Dozens of employees at the bureau were fired by email on Tuesday night amid a stop-work order and closure of the Consumer ...
Should You Be Worried About the CFPB Halt? Here's What It Means for Banking
Should You Be Worried About the CFPB Halt? The Trump administration has effectively shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency created after the 2008 financial crisis to protect ...
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Disappearing CFPB? What’s Happened And What’s Next
Under certain state laws, the following statements may be required on this website and we have included them in order to be in full compliance with these rules. The choice of a lawyer or other ...
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DOGE-Backed Halt at CFPB Comes Amid Musk’s Plans for ‘X’ Digital Wallet
The actions began last Thursday, when four young staffers working under Musk for the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, showed up at CFPB’s Washington headquarters. At first ...
Judge Halts CFPB Action After Alleged Plans to Delete Database
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to delay the deletion of data after the agency’s ...
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OMB head Russell Vought takes over as CFPB as acting head, DOGE team deletes X account
The source told CNN that DOGE officials have been granted administrative access to CFPB systems, including content management system, back-end systems for the bureau’s website and the active ...
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Russell Vought takes the helm at CFPB as Musk's DOGE accesses key systems
Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025 and the new director at the Office of Management ... systems. Musk’s representatives have also taken control of CFPB ...
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CFPB’s 1,700 employees told to ‘not perform any work’ as Obama-era agency becomes latest Trump target
Russ Vought, the newly confirmed director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and acting director of the CFPB, told the workforce that they would have a surprise week off ...
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CFPB Labor Union Files Twin Lawsuits Seeking to Prevent Agency's Closure
President Donald Trump installed Vought as the CFPB’s acting director hours after the U.S. Senate confirmed Vought as the Office of Management ... nonclassified CFPB systems in violation of ...
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Warren: Reported effort to shutter CFPB ‘another scam’
Trump appointed Vought as acting CFPB director Friday, shortly after he was confirmed as director of the Office of Management and Budget. He took the place of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ...
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New CFPB chief closes headquarters, tells all staff they must not do 'any work tasks'
according to the union representing CFPB staff, and have been granted access to key systems, stirring concerns about the fate of the vast amount of sensitive information maintained by the bureau.