Politico5d
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 ...
HousingWire6d
Project 2025 architect Russell Vought takes over CFPB
Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025 and the current head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is the new acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Wall ...
The New York Times6d
Russell Vought Orders Consumer Protection Bureau’s Headquarters Closed for a Week
The order to shutter the agency’s headquarters follows another order issued Saturday by Mr. Vought, who also leads the Office of Management and Budget, telling agency employees to halt nearly ...
USA Today5d
Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Russell Vought, a key architect of Project 2025, to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. Vought, 48, was confirmed by a vote of 53-47.
Yahoo7d
Vought wants to dismantle the ‘deep state.’ As he takes office, it’s already happening.
Russell Vought takes office as President Donald Trump’s budget chief today with the goal of turning the federal bureaucracy into rubble. But his work has already started. The administration’s ...
Roll Call8d
Firebrand Vought confirmed as White House budget director
Russ Vought, a hard-charging fiscal and social conservative with a passion for downsizing government, became President Donald Trump’s budget director for the second time Thursday when the ...
E&E8d
Senate poised to confirm Vought after all-night session
The Senate is planning to confirm Russell Vought to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget by the end of Thursday. Vought will lead the Trump administration’s work to reduce ...
Politico7d
Russell Vought’s about to use a normally obscure role to tear down the ‘deep state’
Russell Vought takes office as President Donald Trump’s budget chief today with the goal of turning the federal bureaucracy into rubble. But his work has already started. The administration’s ...
CBS News5d
Russ Vought orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop work
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 proposed ...
CNN9d
Senate Democrats promise all-night marathon of speeches in protest of Vought’s nomination
Senate Democrats have started what they’re promising will be an overnight marathon of speeches to protest Russell Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Vought is ...
Fox News4d
Russ Vought offers one-word response after his alma mater deletes message congratulating him on confirmation
Wheaton College deleted its message congratulating alumnus Russell Vought on his Senate confirmation to serve as Office of Management and Budget director. "On Friday, Wheaton College posted a ...
Wall Street Journal6d
CFPB to Close Office After Vought Tells Staff to Halt All Supervision
Democratic lawmakers rallied against President Trump and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Russell Vought, who closed the bureau’s headquarters and ordered staff to halt all of their ...