The Trump administration's orders to stop supervisory exams at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are seen as a ...

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 ...

Vought was one of the architects of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for Trump’s second term.

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 ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

One of Acting Director Russell Vought's first actions was to pull the plug on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's landing page. Other pages on the agency's website were working. Russell Vought, ...

Warren and other Democrats are focusing their messaging on Elon Musk and Russell Vought. Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” team has been running roughshod through Washington ...

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 ...

Senate Republicans on Thursday confirmed Russell Vought, President Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Budget and Management (OMB), in the face of mounting Democratic attacks over his ties to ...