Politico2d
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 ...
The Hill2d
Vought seeks to halt actions at CFPB
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is quickly seeking to crack down on the activities of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), preventing it from drawing down more ...
USA Today1d
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.
HousingWire3d
Vought shuts down most of the CFPB’s functions, cuts off funding, closes HQ
The CFPB is funded through the Federal Reserve system, not through Congress, and Vought has cut off that funding, posting this message on his X account Saturday night: “Pursuant to the Consumer ...
Yahoo5d
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 ...
PBS2d
Vought orders CFPB to stop investigations and suspend new rules from taking effect
Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of Management and Budget, directed the CFPB in a Saturday night email confirmed by The Associated Press to stop work on proposed rules ...
Time5d
Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought Confirmed to Lead White House Budget Office
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night, putting an official who has planned the zealous expansion of President Donald Trump’s power ...
Politico5d
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 ...
Fox News3d
Russ Vought, tapped as CFPB's acting director, directs bureau to issue no new rules, stop new investigations
Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought is now also the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he has directed staff to not issue any new rules ...
CBS News5d
Senate confirms Russ Vought to lead budget office as Democrats protest
Washington — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Russ Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget after Democrats held the floor through Wednesday night and into the day Thursday to ...
The New York Times5d
Senate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director
Mr. Vought, an architect of Project 2025 who served in the first Trump administration, will be at the center of President Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy. By Alan Rappeport ...
Roll Call5d
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 ...