Russell Vought Taking Over

Vought closing CFPB headquarters for a week, staff ordered to work remotely
Acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Russell Vought told employees of the agency to work from home this week as the office in Washington, D.C., will be closed, according to multiple reports.
Russell Vought Taking Over as New Acting Head of CFPB
Trump fired the CFPB’s Biden-era leader earlier this week, putting in place Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who froze the agency’s work.
Russell Vought takes the helm at CFPB, orders pause in agency activities
Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as he orders a pause in most of the agency's activities, and promises to cut spending.
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 Street Journal reported late Friday night.
Russell Vought Takes Over at CFPB as Musk's DOGE Gains Access
President Donald Trump's newly installed management and budget director Russell Vought took control of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget.
OMB head Russell Vought takes over as CFPB as acting head, DOGE team deletes X account
Russell Vought took over as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday night and officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency deleted the banking watchdog’s X account,
Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt parts of bureau activity
Trump’s DOGE, an advisory body led by Musk, has zeroed in on some agencies as part of its efforts to slash the size of ...
CFPB to Close Office After Vought Tells Staff to Halt All Supervision
The acting director is closing the financial regulator’s headquarters and has ordered staff to halt all supervisory efforts.
CFPB’s X Account Goes Dark As Russell Vought Takes Over, Elon Musk Posts ‘CFPB RIP’
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s X account appears to have gone offline after new acting director Russell Vought ...
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CFPB's Vought stops agency work, vows to cut all funding
Russell Vought, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new acting director, ordered staff to stop all work and closed the ...
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Consumer watchdog CFPB gets a new boss, who promptly shuts it down
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau got a new director on Friday, Russell Vought. He was named by President Trump as ...
36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations
The agency had been one of Wall Street’s most feared regulators, with the power to issue rules on mortgages, credit cards, ...
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CFPB Shut Down as Trump-Appointed Chief Halts Operations, Raising Alarms
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been effectively shut down after Russell Vought, President Donald ...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered to stop work: What to know about the agency
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget and the acting director of CFPB, ordered the federal watchdog ...