The New York Times6d
Russell Vought Orders Consumer Protection Bureau’s Headquarters Closed for a Week
Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received an email on Sunday saying the bureau’s headquarters would be closed for the coming week. “Employees and contractors are to work ...
Politico6d
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 Hill6d
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 ...
Yahoo8d
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 ...
Washington Examiner5d
Federal employee union sues Vought over CFPB order to stop working
A union representing thousands of federal employees filed two lawsuits against Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought for his shuttering of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Fox News6d
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 ...
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.
HousingWire7d
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 ...
Time8d
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 ...
Politico8d
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 ...
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 ...
NBC News6d
Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt parts of bureau activity
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought issued a series of directives to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees Saturday night in his new capacity as the bureau's acting ...