Trump Vs. CFPB: Russ Vought Orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau To Stop Work
Feb. 9 The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents CFPB employees, sued Vought, asking a judge to stop him from halting the bureau’s work and alleging he granted staffers from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to CFPB’s internal communications systems, NBC reported.
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 to stop work.
Judge wants to hear from top Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official about the agency's dismantling
A federal judge wants to hear directly from one of the top officials at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to learn if the Trump administration is gutting the agency.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won't be deleted, Trump administration says
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a longtime target of the Republican Party that has undergone a significant shakeup in recent weeks, will continue operating, the Trump administration says. After Trump replaced its director with Russell Vought — director of the White House budget office and an author of Project 2025 — work at the CFPB was frozen.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s financial firm oversight still blocked, email says
In an email, a top official in the CFPB's division of supervision said senior officials had confirmed that supervisory work is not to resume.
DOGE cancels 136 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau contracts in DC, Maryland, Virginia
The "Wall of Receipts" lists 216 canceled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau contracts, and most are with businesses in the DMV area.
New CFPB chief closes headquarters, tells all staff they must not do 'any work tasks'
The edict comes as Russell Vought takes over at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Vought has ordered work to halt at ...
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Russell Vought Orders Consumer Protection Bureau’s Headquarters Closed for a Week
The order to shutter the agency’s headquarters follows another order issued Saturday by Mr. Vought ... Consumer finance reporter Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...
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Federal judge orders top CFPB official to testify on agency dismantling
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered Adam Martinez, the agency's chief operating officer, and certain agency ...
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Congressmembers support a preliminary injunction for CFPB’s Vought
On February 28, more than 200 members of Congress filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs, a union representing CFPB employees, in ...
Why the Project 2025 guy is suddenly advocating for a fintech accused of deceiving customers
It’s taken just a few weeks in office, but the Trump administration’s apparent vision for economic populism is coming into ...
CFPB, Baltimore Probed Over Vought's Threatened Funding Freeze
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the city of Baltimore butted heads and faced skeptical questions from a federal ...
Consumer bureau drops lawsuit against Capital One
Days before President Trump was inaugurated, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Capital One, accusing it of using ...
Consumer watchdog payouts in limbo as agency defanged by Trump administration
The Trump administration's decision to put the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on ice has left a $100 million pot ...