Vought Agrees to Delay CFPB Funding Slash as Layoffs Continue
Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought agreed to hold off on zeroing out the agency’s budget for ...
Consumer watchdog ordered to stop fighting financial abuse and to work from home as HQ temporarily shuts down
Russell Vought, the newly installed acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, sent an email Saturday night ...
Judge Orders Freeze on Firing Consumer Bureau’s Staff and Deleting Its Data
Agency workers, including some who were listening to the hearing remotely, expressed immediate joy and relief.
Vought Tells CFPB to Do Nothing While Headquarters Is Closed (1)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees were ordered to do no work while the agency’s Washington headquarters is ...
'Constitutional crisis': The Impoundment Control Act takes center stage after Russell Vought's confirmation
Here's a look at what's up for debate regarding government spending — and what changes could emerge during the Trump ...
Why Trump thinks he can get away with it
The “unitary executive theory” underpins most of the Trump administration’s most sweeping — and potentially illegal — actions ...
Vought wants to dismantle the ‘deep state.’ As he takes office, it’s already happening.
The administration’s early moves to fire thousands of federal workers and dismantle entire agencies even before Vought took office reflect his influence at the White House.
Senate Democrats vow rare overnight session to protest Trump’s ‘most dangerous nominee’
Senate Democrats are bracing to stay in the chamber overnight to make the case against the nomination of Russell Vought to ...
What Cuts to the CFPB Could Mean For Consumers
The CFP also prosecutes companies that it says fail to protect consumers. In December, it filed a lawsuit against the ...